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The new film is in many ways an act of love, an effort to tell its story both freshly and honestly, with fidelity to Scripture.

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A new series on History approaches Jesus and his followers as humans rather than as stained-glass icons.

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“Vice” isn’t a dishonest movie, exactly. It just enables dishonesty.

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Nadine Labaki’s new film is set amid the supreme chaos of current-day Beirut.