A number of the Oscar winners and nominees have played disabled characters, but only two of them identified as disabled.
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Do social justice documentaries just preach to the choir?
Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” a documentary about mass incarceration of African Americans nominated for an Oscar, is full of good words and bad images.
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Pope Francis calls on world leaders to welcome migrants
Speaking at a Vatican international forum on migrants, Pope Francis condemns “populist rhetoric” and calls for a “change of attitude” in welcoming migrants.
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Bad films about gay Christians are still worth watching.
Christianity, with its promise of a new life and an overwhelming love, attracts tumultuous people who feel driven by longings their loved ones can’t understand. What do our churches do with these burning souls?
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‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ James Baldwin & Black Lives Matter: A conversation with Raoul Peck
Raoul Peck is the director of “I Am Not Your Negro,” out in theaters this Friday.
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From goth kid to nun, a young woman returns home in “Little Sister”
“Little Sister” tells the story of Colleen, a young woman religious returning home after joining the Sisters of Mercy.
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‘A Man Called Ove’ will win the foreign film Oscar. Oddly, it deserves it.
Thanks to the arcane rules behind the foreign-language Oscar, sentimentality usually reigns supreme.
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Fr. James Martin answers 5 common questions about ‘Silence’
Even some thoughtful Christian observers seem to have missed a few essential themes.
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Andrew Garfield played a Jesuit in Silence, but he didn’t expect to fall in love with Jesus.
There were so many things in the Exercises that changed me and transformed me, that showed me who I was…and where I believe God wants me to be.
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The Broadway musical has been born again. Will movie musicals be far behind?
Is the form that defined mid-century American songcraft condemned to sputter along on the fumes of jukebox musicals and high-gloss family fare?