Is ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Wes Anderson’s most Christian film?

by John Dougherty June 13, 2025

‘The Phoenician Scheme‘ centers on sin and redemption, the frail but fundamental hope that anyone can be saved, if they sincerely repent.

Arts & Culture, Film

A documentary on Carlo Acutis offers a spiritual roadmap from the first millennial saint

by Grace Lenahan June 6, 2025

Blessed Carlo Acutis offers a counterexample for our digital age: a teenager who embraced technology not as an escape, but as a tool for communion—with others, and with God.

Annalise Basso, left, and Tom Hiddleston in a scene from "The Life of Chuck." (Neon via AP)

Arts & Culture, Film

Review: In ‘The Life of Chuck,’ every person contains a universe

by John Dougherty June 6, 2025

How much does any one individual person matter, considered against the grand sweep of history and the cosmos? That’s the question that writer-director Mike Flanagan considers in his new film “The Life of Chuck.”

Kelly Reilly and Brendan Gleeson in the movie ‘Calvary.’ (CNS photo/20th Century Fox)

Arts & Culture, Film

What makes a movie Irish?

by Jake Martin May 15, 2025

Questions of Irish identity and “Irishness” are, and always have been, in a state of flux.

A still image from the animated film ‘King of Kings’ showing Jesus with a risen Lazarus

Arts & Culture, Film

‘King of Kings’ is a children’s version of the New Testament. Your spiritual results may vary.

by John Anderson April 11, 2025

A children’s version of the New Testament, ‘King of Kings’ is based on a work by Charles Dickens that was written as a gift to his children.

Arts & Culture, Film

The rise and fall of Catholic wins at the Oscars

by John Dougherty February 21, 2025January 11, 2026

The stories about Catholics that Hollywood tells—and awards—has as much to do with what is happening with the church off-screen as what is shown on-screen.