Classic “nun movies” are awash in sentimentality and melodrama, barely scratching the surface of their protagonists’ inner lives. But Patricia Lawler Kenet writes that she could not get enough of them.

The “messiah” of the title is Fred Hampton, a Black Panther leader, orator, organizer and, in 1969, a 21-year-old murder victim at the hands of Chicago police.

Arkansas is a land of opportunity for the Yis, as well as the site of their suffering.

“Nomadland” is the kind of movie that wins awards and no one ever watches it again. It’s cruel but true.

Pete Docter was inspired by Father Martin’s book The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and its insights about Ignatian spirituality.

“Saint Maud” is the latest entrant in the religious-obsessives-are-the-craziest-people movie catalogue.