Matt Johnson’s biopic ‘Tony’ takes us to parts unknown in the life of Anthony Bourdain: the summer of 1975 and the lessons he learned.
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Peter Weir’s ‘Witness’: thriller, romance, story of faith
‘Witness’ is a taut crime thriller and a heart-racing romance. But it is also a portrayal of a community of faith.
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‘American Martyr: The Stanley Rother Story’ is a tribute and a campaign ad
A new film preserves Stanley Rother’s dignity while also making him something of a puzzle.
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Cherishing truth amid lies: Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon’
Nearly everyone we meet in “Paper Moon” is running some sort of scam. With the truth so clouded in uncertainty, our protagonists (and the audience) have to choose who and what to believe.
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Catholic Movie Club: Longing for a different world in Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
In ‘Moonrise Kingdom,’ children know: Our place is not in this world. We were meant for somewhere else.
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‘Winnie the Pooh’ made A. A. Milne rich—but not for the reasons he wanted.
A. A. Milne created “Winnie the Pooh” and all his fantastical friends—but was also a novelist, playwright, screenwriter and, by many accounts, a disappointed intellectual.
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‘Toy Story 5’ wants to indict our screens—and redeem them too
By allowing devices into our lives and those of our children, we fear, we have corroded our fundamental humanity. The ‘Toy Story’ franchise is perfectly positioned to address this.
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The Odyssey, the Gospel and the hard choices we must make
The “Odyssey” reminds us that the world resounds with siren calls. Can we hear the summons home to God?
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A Catholic classicist on Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
In ‘The Odyssey,’ Christopher Nolan gives us a sobering vision of civilizations that rise, collapse, but rise again.
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Sam Neill was one of Hollywood’s great father figures
Some actors leave behind a legacy of artistic achievement. Others, a legacy of love and service. Sam Neill gave us both.