In Ari Aster’s “Midsommar,” the devil is not an ugly monster hiding in the shadows—he is in the daylight, dressed in a white robe and a crown of flowers.
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Review: Not every Christian in Oklahoma is Republican (but it’s close)
“American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel” is about like-minded liberal Christians joining forces in a ruthlessly Republican landscape where people talk more religion than they practice.
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Eight Catholic horror films you should watch
Here are eight films in which Catholic horror speaks in less familiar accents, films I have never seen on other Catholic horror lists.
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‘Toy Story 4’ is fun, warm (and slightly dark) nostalgia
Woody’s penchant for self-sacrifice is just one of the aspects that has been recycled for “Toy Story 4” and while you would have to be a Grinch to find any faults in the new film, there are a few.
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‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’: A new way to look at gentrification
Joe Talbot’s film raises the question: what does it mean to belong to a place?
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When love overcame violence after the Charleston Church shooting
On June 17, 2015, a 23-year-old white supremacist killed nine African-Americans during a Bible study at the historic Emanuel A.M.E. Church.
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In ‘Booksmart,’ these girls just want to belong
This motley crew of high school students want to live an authentic life. They want to be known, by themselves and by others.
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New documentary, ‘The Francis Impact,’ looks beyond the pope to the people he serves
The key, the filmmakers say, was to shift the spotlight off of Francis onto ordinary people who have been impacted by him.
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‘Catch-22’ Review: George Clooney adapts Joseph Heller’s darkly comic novel
It’s not easy to portray Joseph Heller’s ‘Catch-22’ on film, but a new miniseries didn’t miss the target.
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How should art address addiction? These two films give us a clue.
Should filmmakers make the pain of addiction bearable to watch? In “Beautiful Boy” and “Ben is Back” they try.