In a new award-winning documentary about Texas Boys State, democracy is fraught with conflict.
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Your guide to social justice films on Netflix, Amazon and Hulu
These stories remind us that while the fight for justice is never over, individuals can make a difference, often with the help of their faith.
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Bryce Dallas Howard examines fatherhood in flux in ‘Dads’
Bryce Dallas Howard makes her directorial debut with the new documentary “Dads,” available from Apple TV+.
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Film accuses Polish church of continued sexual abuse cover-up
Archbishop Polak said the film showed required child protection standards were still not being observed in the Polish church.
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What Evelyn Waugh saw in America (An Anglo-American romance)
Noted for his acid tongue, Evelyn Waugh hated the United States and its citizens and let them know it. However, he felt more and more drawn to them on repeated visits.
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The 1995 film ‘Safe’ has new meaning during our coronavirus isolation
Todd Haynes’s second feature film, starring Julianne Moore as a woman isolated by a mysterious illness, resonates anew in our sudden quarantine, writes America’s Ryan Di Corpo.
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Beyond ‘The Exorcist,’ Max von Sydow embodied the complexities of faith
Brooding, interior and utterly focused, Mr. von Sydow is a stirring presence on screen, with a weathered face apt to illustrate inner spiritual turmoil.
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Review: Movie stardom might be your destiny, but it does not solve your problems.
Dan Bevacqua’s debut novel, the darkly comic ‘Molly Bit,’ follows the rise and fall of a Hollywood star.
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The faith-haunted, stomach-churning cinema of Abel Ferrara
For the director of ‘Bad Lieutenant’ and other remarkable films, religion should not be couched in exclusively negative or positive terms.
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‘Corpus Christi’ review: A thrilling allegory of faith
“Corpus Christi” is not a critique of Catholicism, though; it may not even be a deliberately Catholic film, writes film critic John Anderson.