“Tár” is about power, guilt and the always tantalizing question of whether the art can or should absolve the artist for being who she is.

“Father Stu” is intended to be inspirational, but viewers may find any sense of elevation elusive.

For the better part of 40 years Pedro Almodóvar has personified both the cinema of Spain and the country’s conflicted relationship with the church.

Sidney Poitier’s abilities as an actor were subtle, even spiritual. They were about soul. Not his. Ours.

Aaron Sorkin's take on the "behind-the-scenes" world of "I Love Lucy" depicts Lucille Ball in a most unsympathetic light.

“Belfast” presents itself as a family photo album: Violence may intrude, but it doesn’t crowd out the Christmas pictures.

This is not a movie about crime and punishment, but damage and recovery.

Frank Herbert’s beloved novel has enough material that should preclude the kind of dead space that inhabits so much of this “Dune.”

When it comes to their religion, the criminals embrace the rituals and ignore the meaning.

If only the priest would turn his back on members of the congregation, the movie’s logic goes, and recite the liturgy in a language they don’t understand, the pews would be full and the seminaries overflowing.