Paolo Sorrentino is only the most recent director to wade into the thorny topic of euthanasia.
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‘Marty Supreme’ review: Timothée Chalamet’s passage into cinematic adulthood
In making Marty Mauser a narcissistic and egomaniacal obsessive, Timothée Chalamet does a first-rate job of burying his own innate charms.
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Madwoman or prophet? ‘The Testament of Anne Lee’ presents a radical and threatening faith
To outsiders, Ann Lee was a madwoman, a dangerous nonconformist and a sexual deviant; but to her faithful, “Mother Ann” was the promise of God fulfilled.
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Interview: ‘Knives Out’ director Rian Johnson on the Catholic inspiration for ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
Rian Johnson spoke with America about his own experience with faith and the Catholic stories that inspired his latest ‘Knives Out’ mystery.
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Rob Reiner’s gift: Finding humanity—both on and off the screen
The Reiners, so many agreed, were not the type of couple who would sit down. They used their influence and voices to make a difference and had a multigenerational impact.
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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ review: A whodunnit with a surprising message about priesthood
“Wake Up Dead Man” leaves us with an important question once the mystery has been solved: What sort of church do we want, led by what kind of shepherds?
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Holiday watch: ‘Household Saints,’ a film about food, family and faith
“Household Saints” is a story about how culture, and especially faith, evolve through the different generations of an immigrant family.
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The dark, indelible Catholic imagination in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
The most surprising thing about Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” is that he hadn’t already made it.
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Pope Leo to Hollywood: Don’t give up on movies (or movie theaters)
Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Judd Apatow and Andrew Scott were among the Hollywood personalities who met with Pope Leo XIV for a private audience on Saturday.
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Hitchcock’s ‘I Confess’: a classic Catholic noir about the seal of confession
While considered a minor work in Hitchcock’s filmography and the annals of film noir, “I Confess” is Hitchcock’s most explicitly Catholic film.