The comedic grace of ‘The Brothers Bloom’ evokes an earlier age of cinema.
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A Terrible Vengeance: Scapegoating and ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’
“The Stoning of Soroya M.” is a haunting reminder of the Gospel story of the woman caught in adultery.
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An Undertaking: The unexpected beauty of ‘Goodbye Solo’
“Goodbye Solo” deals with the human desire to help those in need–and the equal desire, in some, not to be helped.
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Silly: The absurdity of ‘Angels & Demons’
In “Angels & Demons,” the church is on the side of the good guys.
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A Snapshot of Hell: Matteo Garrones Gomorra
The Italian film “Gomorra” lends a more ominous meaning to the famous epithet, “See Naples and Die.”
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Grappling with Reality
Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Wrestler’ provides a meditation on morality
