The self-sacrifice of an individual and the self-possession of a community drew David Oyelowo to his role in “Queen of Katwe.”
Film
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The complicated life of Jesse Owens
“Race” is a movie about personal victory and national guilt—neither Hitler nor Franklin Roosevelt ever shook Owens’s hand.
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The horror of ‘Room’ is closer to a documentary than a fantasy
What gives “Room” its originality and power is its vision of a mother and a child literally clinging together to each in a situation beyond our imagining.
Posted inFaith, Of Other Things
Why you don’t have to love baseball to love ‘Field of Dreams’
The film is a beautiful reminder of the power of faith in things unseen.
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The Father’s Way: Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez on pilgrimages, family ties and their newest film.
Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez on pilgrimages, families ties and the creation of their newest film.
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
John Adams and the Jesuits
As you may have discerned from Matt Malone s posts a few of us at America are besotted with John Adams the second president that is not the composer Last night I watched an advance copy of the final episode of HBO s stupendous series John Adams starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linne
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His Dark Materials, Indeed: Is ‘The Golden Compass’ anti-Catholic?
‘The Golden Compass,’ reviewed
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To Change the World: Michael Apted’s ‘Amazing Grace’
‘Amazing Grace’ attempts to depict Wilberforce’s life while also capturing a sense of the labyrinthine journey of a simple moral issue through the thickets of political intrigue and compromise.
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The Call of the King: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’
Whether we love or hate the “Lord of the Rings” films, we have to admire them: they are a monumental cinematic achievement. Shot over 274 days for $281 million and lasting 558 minutes, these films have, at the time of writing and in the United States alone, grossed over $897 million.
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Melting Pot: Gangs of New York
Not long ago a distant cousin, a genealogy buff, sent me an antique clipping from a local paper about a possible ancestor on trial for murder. In the labor wars of the 19th century, scabs did not have much longevity in the Irish factory towns of the Middle West. This long-forgotten enforcer simply p