ARTS & MEDIA
'Arctic Dogs' has message on being true to self
"Arctic Dogs" (AMBI Group) serves up family-friendly fare, scoring high on the cuteness meter ...
Polish actress read saint's diaries to prepare for film role
Kamila Kaminska, the Polish actress who played St. Faustina Kowalska in the new movie "Love and Mercy: Faustina," read the diaries her fellow countrywoman wrote to help prepare for the role.
Opera returns to Trenton roots with Christmas performance
“We are coming full circle.” That is how Joseph R. Pucciatti describes his endeavor of bringing opera back to Trenton after a nearly 10-year absence.
Lucy in the Sky
Something about the experience of outer space has a way of altering earthbound judgments. "Lucy in the Sky," (Fox Searchlight), a drama based loosely on a real-life love triangle involving astronaut Lisa Nowak, attempts to portray this.
By the Grace of God a ‘hard-hitting drama’
In 2015, director and co-writer Tom McCarthy's fact-based film "Spotlight" followed the landmark investigation by reporters from the Boston Globe into the extent of priestly sexual abuse in their home city.
The Current War: Director's Cut has strong educational components
Its inventor Thomas Edison in one corner and industrialist George Westinghouse in the other ...
Award for Flannery O'Connor film brings new attention to Catholic writer
It's not every day that a documentary film director gets a congratulatory phone call from legendary filmmaker Ken Burns.
Children of Morta is game with congenial focus
In "Children of Morta" (Dead Mage), one family has, for many generations, been tasked with guarding the mountain of the title.
Big push made for Mexican premiere of 'Unplanned' movie
For the Oct. 25 premiere in Mexico of the Spanish-language version of "Unplanned," actor Eduardo Verastegui, the movie's executive director, has employed a 32-state strategy.
Vatican releases book compiling Pope's theology of ecology
The global ecological crisis is just one of the effects of a distorted and diseased view people have of the world ...
‘Harriet’ reflects celebration of life, sacrifices made
"Harriet" (Focus) is a long overdue drama chronicling the exploits of the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad ...
'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' entertaining but uninspired
The moral probing and feminist revisionism that characterized its 2014 predecessor are mostly absent from the routine follow-up "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" (Disney). So much so, that ethical straightforwardness makes its title seem somewhat misleading.
Catholic 'Renaissance man' offers insights on writing
Dana Gioia brings together many of his thoughts about art, culture and Catholicism ...
‘The Sojurn’ abundant with spiritual comparisons
For ages, philosophers have sought to settle questions about the true nature of reality, and "The Sojourn" (Iceberg Interactive) continues that quest.
‘Jexi’ quickly wears out its welcome
Discerning moviegoers will reject "Jexi" (Lionsgate). This vulgar one-joke comedy quickly wears out its welcome and exhausts its limited comic resources, leading both to excess and to a discernible tone of desperation.
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