"Little Sister" tells the story of Colleen, a young woman religious returning home after joining the Sisters of Mercy.

Thanks to the arcane rules behind the foreign-language Oscar, sentimentality usually reigns supreme.

Even some thoughtful Christian observers seem to have missed a few essential themes.

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.

Plenty of movies make you think. Far fewer allow you to think, which is something rather different. Take “Manchester by the Sea.”