FILM REVIEWS
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1917
Reviewed by Bill McGarvey America
13TH A Documentary by Ava DuVernay
Reviewed by Morris Reeves Profiles in Catholicism
Reviewed by Justine Benanty Sabatier Film Group
8beats
Commentary by Anna J. Marchese America
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Reviewed by DeWayne Hamby Patheos
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff
Commentary by Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service
A Prayer Before Dawn
Reviewed by Geoffrey Macnab Independent
Commentary by Amy Hall Catholic News Service/CDOM
Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw The Guardian
ACROSS: The Father Tolton Movie
Commentary by Perry West Catholic News Agency/Angelus
Ad Astra
Reviewed by Kevin Christopher Robles America
An Officer and a Spy
Commentary by Rob Eshman The Forward
Reviewed by Amanda C Dickie Independent Catholic News
All In: The Fight for Democracy.
Commentary by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Register
American Dharma
Reviewed by John Anderson America
American History X
Reviewed by Jack Gooding The Film Magazine
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Bishop Robert Barron Zerit
Avengers: Endgame
Commentary by David Ives Aleteia
Reviewed by John Mulderig Catholic News Service
Commentary by Relevant
Awe, humility, hope await in 'A Space Odyssey'
Commentary by Antonio D. Sison Catholic News Service/ National Catholic Reporter
A Catholic’s guide to Star Wars
Reviewed and Commentary by Aaron Lambert Denver Catholic
A Prayer Before Dawn, film review: Prison dramas don’t come more bruising
Commentary by Geoffrey Macnab Independent
A Star Is Born
Reviewed by David Edelstein Vulture
Reviewed by Gordon Nary Profiles in Catholicism
Bad Hombres
Commentary by Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández Commonweal
Birds of Passage
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
Beautiful Boy
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski Angelus News
Benedict Men
Commentary by National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Dewayne Hamby Patheos
Reviewed by Father Shay Cullen Preda Foundation
Blind Eyes Opened
Commentary by Patty Knap Aleteia
Blind Eyes Opened: The Truth About Sex Trafficking in America
Reviewed by Denis Grasska Crux
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Bloodshot
Reviewed by Titus Techera Catholic World Report
Bloom
Commentary by Maria Popova Brain Pickings
Bobbi Jo: Under the Influence
Commentary by John Lavenburg Crux
Reviewed by Gordon Nary Profiles in Catholicism
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Bombshell
by Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service
Reviewed by Renée Darline Roden America
Reviewed by Chris Williams, SJ The Jesuit Post
Bring it On
Commentary by Christopher Rosa Glamour
Burden
Commentary by Sophia Martinson Angelus
Burden
Commentary by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service
Reviewed by David Ehrlich Indie Wire
By the Grace of God
Commentary by Brad Miner The Catholic Thing
By the Grace of God
Reviewed by Jo Siedlecka Independent Catholic News
Calvary
Commentary by Jordan Daniel Wood America
Capernaum
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Castaway
Commentary by Regis Martin The Catholic Thing
Cats
Reviewed by Daniel Drake The New York Review of Books
Circus of Life (Zindagi Tamasha)
Commentary by Kamran Chaudhry UCANews.com
Citizen Trump
Reviewed by Gabriel Andrade Merion West
Chasing the Rain
Reviewed by Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service
Cherry
Reviewed by Matt Gallagher The Intercept
Reviewed Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
Church People
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Clouds
Reviewed by Molly Cahill America
Clouds
Reviewed by Paul O'Donnell Religion News Service
Corpus Christi
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Corpus Christ
Reviewed by Judith Kelly National Catholic Reporter
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Commentary by Sophia Martinson Angelus
Dads
Reviewed by Ryan Di Corpo America
Damien
Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Dark Water
Commentary by Phil Fox Rose Patheos
Commentary by Carl McColman Patheos
Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train
Reviewed by Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service
Reviewed by Lisa Hendey Catholic Mom
Der Ewige Jude (Eternal Jew)
Reviewed by Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team
Detainment
Reviewed by Fiorella Nash The Catholic World Report
Reviewed by Sean Barry, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by Jake Martin America
Divine Mercy
Commentary by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Bishop Robert Barron Zerir
Downton Abbey
Reviewed by Rob Weinert-Kendt America
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Register’
Each and Every Day
Commentary by Lynn Elber The Associated Press
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Commentary by John Anderson America
Emma
Reviewed by Callum Ryan Australian Catholic Office
Ethiopia – From Every Clan
Commentary by Crux Staff Crux
Exterminate All the Brutes
Commentary by Jon Schwarz The Intercept
Faces Places.
Reviewed by Charles Bramesco Vulture
by Robert David Sullivan America
Fatima
Reviewed by Nick Olszyk The Catholic World Report
Fatima
Commentary by Patti Armstrong National Catholic Register
Commentary by Abraham Riesma Vulture
Reviewed by John Anderson America
First Man
Reviewed by John Mulderig Catholic News Service
Interview by Jake Kring-Schreifels America
Commentary by Sister Rose Patheos
Flannery
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte The National Catholic Reporter
For Sama
Commentary by We Hold These Truths
Francesco
Reviewed by Joshua J. McElwee National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Sean Barry, The Jesuit Post
Frozen II
Reviewed by John Mulderig The Pilot/CNS
Forty Anti-Catholic Lies: A Mythbusting Apologist Sets the Record Straight
Reviewed by Paul Senz The Catholic World Report
by Kate O'Hare Faith & Family Media Blog
Reviewed by Guest Contributor Patheos
Good Trouble
Reviewed by Chris Byrd National Catholic Register
Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer
Commentary by Peter Jesserer Smith Angelus
Commentary by Bill McGarvey America
Gunda
Reviewed by Jake Coyle The Associated Press
Reviewed by Kevin Jones Catholic News Service
Harriet
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski Angelus
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet's America
Hesburg
Reviewed by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter
Hidden Life
Commentary by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service
Hide and Seek
Reviewed by Paulina Guzik Crux
Hillbilly Elegy’ poverty porn?
Commentary by John W. Miller America
Honest Thief
Reviewed by Joseph Mcaleer CNS/Pilot
Hope: Our Lady of Knock
Reviewed by Sophia Martinson Angelus News
Hysterical Girl
Reviewed by Richard Brody The New Yorker
I Am Patrick
Reviewed by Nick Olszyk Catholic World Report
I Am Patrick
Commentary Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Register
I Can Only Imagine
Reviewed by Jean Heimann Catholic Fire
I Have a Name
Commentary by Fra Noi
I Like to See the Sun Rise
Commentary by Christopher White Crux/CAN
I Still Believe
Commentary by Jim Graves Catholic World Report
‘I, Tonya’ may be the film we need to understand Donald Trump and Me Too
Commentary by John Anderson America
If Beale Street Could Talk
Commentary by Chris Williams, SJ The Jesuit Post
If Beale Street Could Talk
Reviewed by Ciaran Freeman America
Reviewed by Dewayne Hambmy Patheos
Reviewed by Joe Leydon Variety
Reviewed by Antonio D. Sison National Catholic Reporter
by Meghan O'Gieblyn
Reviewed by Jonathan Malesic America
Itzhak: The humanity and artistry of Itzhak Perlman
Reviewed and Commentary by John Anderson America
In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy
by Frédéric Martel
Excerpt by National Catholic Reporter
In the Name of the Father
Reviewed by Rodger Ebert rodgerebert.com
Jean Vanier, le sacrement de la tendresse (Jean Vanier, the sacrament of tenderness)
Commentary by Mélinée Le Priol La Croix International
Joan of Arc
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace
Commentary by Ryan Scheel uCathilic
Jojo Rabbit
Reviewed by Liel Leibovitz Tablet
Jojo Rabbit
Reviewed by Father Vince Kuna Family Theater
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski Catholic World Report
Joker
Commentary by J. Hoberman Tablet
Judas and the Black Messiah
Reviewed by Richard Brody The New Yorker
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Commentary by Bill McCormick, SJ The Jesuit Post
Commentary by Mark Pattison Catholic News Agency /The Pilot
Just Mercy
Commentary by Christopher White Crux
Just Mercy
Commentary by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ The Jesuit Post
Knives Out
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
La La Land
Reviewed by Camille Jones Profiles in Catholicism
La Lloronae
Reviewed by Antonio D. Sison National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Bishop Robert Barron YouTube
Latino no Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Heather King Angelus
Liam O'Flynn – Píobaire
Commentary by IrishCentral Staff Irish Central
Little Women
Reviewed by Haley Stewart America
Lodge 49
An Interview with Jim Gavin America
Love, Gilda
Reviewed by Ellin Stein Slate
Love and Mercy
Reviewed by Brad Miner The Catholic Thing
Commentary by Stephen G. Adubato America
Lucky
Reviewed by Jo Siedlecka Independent Catholic News
Ma Raine
Commentary by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Reviewed by Eric T. Styles U.S. Catholic
Magisterium
Reviewed by Michael McKinley Religion News Service/National Catholic Register
Reviewed by Catholic News Service/ John Mulderig The Catholic Spirit
Reviewed by Gordon Nary Profiles in Catholicism
Mangrove
Reviewed by Paul Donovan Independent Catholic News
Mary Poppins Returns
Reviewed by John Mulderig CNS/The Pilot
Reviewed by Ethan Nielson LinkedIn
Marriage Story
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Mary Magdalene
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Mighty Ira
Reviewed by b James Kirchick Tablet
Minari
Reviewed by Stefano Rebeggiani Angelus News
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Register
Reviewed by Raymond A. Schroth, S.J America
MLK/FBI
Reviewed by Sam Pollard New York Film Festival
Mr. Jones
Reviewed by Filip Mazurczak The Catholic World Report
Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals
Reviewed by James Matthew Wilson The Catholic World Report
Mulan
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Register
Murray Avenue: A Community in Transition
Commentary by Mark Oppenheimer Tablet
Reviewed by Ciaran Freeman America
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Reviewed by Simcha Fisher America
Nicholas Black Elk’s Journey to Sainthood
Commentary by Gaby Guerrero America
Noah
Commentary by Peter T. Chattaway Patheos
Nomadland
Reviewed by Jim McDermott National Catholic Reporter
Nothing Like a Dame
Reviewed by Tristram Fane Saunders Catholic Church in Australia
Nosferatu
Commentary by J. Hoverman Tablet
Oklahoma
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Reviewed by John Anderson America
One Child Nation
Reviewed by Marco Respinti Bitter Winter
One Week Away
Reviewed by Nick Olszyk The Catholic World Report
Onward
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Cahir O'Doherty IrishCentral
Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Mulan
Reviewed by Kevin Christopher Robles America
New documentary examines Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ireland
Commentary by Nick Bramhill Irish Central
October Baby
Reviewed by Sarah Lyon Profiles in Catholicism
Reviewed by Ellen Teague Independent Catholic News
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Commentary by John Anderson America
One Border, One Body and The Invisible Chapel
Reviewed by Donald Craig Mitchell Profiles in Catholicism
Oscar Romero: A Shepherd According to the Heart of Christ
Reviewed by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service/America
Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Reviewed by Matt Briand SJ Jesuit Post
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Pavarotti
Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Personal History of David Copperfield
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Peterloo
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Pope Francis – A Man of His Word
Reviewed by Sarah Mac Donald CatholicIreland.net
Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton
Commentary by Matt Moran Independent Catholic News
PRAY: The Story of Patrick Peyton
Reviewed by Jim Graves The Catholic World Report’
Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton
Reviewed by Nick Olszyk The Catholic World Report
Plastic Ocean
Commentary by Bob Wegener EarthBeat
Political Action. A Practical Guide to Movement Politics
by Michael Walzer
Commentary by The New York Review of Books
'Prey': A documentary by Windsor director shines a light on sexual abuse by priests?
Commentary by CBC News
Q: Into the Storm
Commentary by Sarah K. Burris RawStory
Rebel Hearts.
Commentary by Katie Gordon Global Sisters Report
Rebel Hearts
Commentary by Dan Stockman Global Sisters Report
RBG
Reviewed by Beth Webb Empire
Rebuilding Paradise
Commentary by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Redress: Breaking the Silence
Commentary by Ciaran Tierney IrishCentral
Reviewed by Sister Rose Patheos
Revival!
Reviewed by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service index
Revolution of the Heart. The Dorothy Day Story
Commentary by Julie Bourbon National Catholic Reporter
Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
Commentary by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
Revolution of the Heart
Reviewed by Lauretta Brown National Catholic Register
Commentary by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Rocketman
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Roe v Wade
Reviewed by Catholic News Agency Staff/The Catholic World Report
Roma
Reviewed by Uli Covarrubias, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Commentary by Jim McDermott America
Commentary by Ryan Di Corpo America
Salò
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood
Reviewed by Thomas P. Doyle National Catholic Reporter
Shazam
Reviewed by Paul Asay Patheos
Commentary by Gordon Nary Profiles in Catholicism
Reviewed by Tara Brady The Irish Times
Silence
Reviewed by Bishop Robert Barron Zerit
Silence
Commentary by Stephen G. Adubato Patheos
Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood.
by Salem Film Fest and BishopAccountability
Reviewed by Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Sonic the Hedgehog
Reviewed by Sean Gerry SJ The Jesuit Post
‘Sorry to Bother You’ is a satirical look into what it means to be black in corporate America
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Soul
Commentary by Molly Cahill America
Soul
Commentary by Tim Breen, SJ The Jesuit Post
Spaceship Earth
Reviewed by Chelsea Gohd Space
Reviewed by Colten Biro, SJ The Jesuit Post
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Reviewed by John Mulderig Catholic News Service
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Reviewed by David Edelstein Vulture
Spotlight
Commentary by Andrew Pulver The Guardian
Reviewed by Anna Clara Ionta Profiles in Catholicism
Star Trek: Picard
Reviewed by Titus Techera The Catholic World Report
Stories of Silence: Recovering from Sexual Abuse
Commentary by Florangela Davila The Seattle Times
‘Summer in the Forest’ honors Jean Vanier and the people he serves
Reviewed by John Anderson
Commentary by Eve Tushnet Patheos
Suspiria
Reviewed by Jason McCreery, SJ The Jesuit Post
Time
Reviewed by Mark Kennedy Associated Press
The 50 Year Argument
Reviewed by Scott Foundas Variety
The American President
Commentary by Sister Rose Patheos
Reviewed by Fabien Lemercier Cinemaeuropa
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus
The Brilliance of Black KkKlansman
Reviewed by Joshunda Sanders Medium
The Best of Enemies
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte Patheos
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Commentary by Brother Antonio D. Sison National Catholic Reporter
The Brink
Commentary by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
The Children Act
Commentary by Maureen Lee Lenker Entertainment
The Crimes of Grindelwald
Reviewed by Colten Biro, SJ The Jesuit Post
The Call of the Wild
Reviewed by Nick Olszyk The Catholic World Report
The Camino Voyage
Reviewed by Independent Catholic News
The Cave
Reviewed by John Anderson America
The Day After I’m Gone
Reviewed by Daphne Merkin Tablet Magazine
‘The Death of Stalin’: Laughing in the face of evil
Reviewed by John Anderson America
The Dead Don’t Die
Reviewed by Vladislav Davidzon Tablet Magazine
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
The Diary of Anne Frank
Reviewed by Sandie Angulo Chen Common Sense Media
The Face of Mercy
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare
Commentary by Namwali Serpell The New York Review of Books
The Farewell
Reviewed by Brother Antonio D. Sison National Catholic Reporter
The Flood
Reviewed by Ellen Teague Independent Catholic News
The Francis Impact
Reviewed by Emma Winters America
Reviewed by John Mulderig Catholic News Service
The Good Lord Bird
Reviewed by Rob Weinert-Kendt America
Commentary by Eve Tushnet America
The Hole in the Ground
Reviewed by IrishCentral Staff IrishCentral
The Honest Struggle
Reviewed by Aysha Khan Religion News Service
The Hunt
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski The Catholic World Report
The Invisible Man
Reviewed by Joshua Rivera The Verge
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Commentary by Michael Nordine IndieWire
The Italian Panacea in Two Films by Lucia Mauro
by Anna Clara Ionta
The King of Staten Island
Reviewed by David Sim The Atlantic
The Last Dance
Commentary by Brian Fraga Patheos
The Last of the Mohicans
Reviewed by Avellina Balestri Patheos
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Reviewed by Kaya Oakes America
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos
The Life Ahead
Reviewed by Jo Siedlecka Independent Catholic News
The Most Reluctant Convert
Commentary by K.V. Turley National Catholic Register
The Nun’s Story
Commentary by Nadra Nittle America
The Present
Commentary by Jo Siedlecka Independent Catholic News
The Priest
Commentary by Charles Collins Crux
The Street
Commentary by David Stewart America
The Sultan and the Saint
Commentary by Victor Edwin SJ Independent Catholic News
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Megan O’Grady , The New York Times Magazine
The Touch of an Angel
Commentary by Tablet
Reviewed by John Anderson America
The Rise of Skywalker
Commentary by Sean Fitzpatrick The Catholic World Report
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
The Witch of Kings Cross
Reviewed by Antonio Pagliarulo Religion News Service
The Way Back
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski The Catholic World Report
Commentary by Eve Tushnet America
Commentary by Gregory Mellor America
The World of Almodóvar
Reviewed by Virgilio Fantuzzi, SJ La Civiltà Cattolica
They Might Be Saints
Commentary by Angelus Staff Angelus
Reviewed by Joseph McAleer The Pilot
Reviewed by David Paternostro, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by The Pauline Center for Media Studies (PCMS)
To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You
Reviewed by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ The Jesuit Post
Toy Story 4
Reviewed by Don Johnson Catholic World Report
Yesterday
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski Angelus
Commentary by Sean Dailey Patheos
Toy Story 4
Reviewed by John Anderson America
The Lego Batman Movie
Reviewed by Susana Vasquez
Reviewed by Paul Asay Patheos
Commentary by Mark Harris Vulture
The Nun
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Commentary by Paul Baumann La Croix International
The Slipper and the Rose
Commentary by Sarah Lyon Profiles in Catholicism
Commentary by Sarah Lyon Profiles in Catholicism
Documentary by Henryk Schonker Tablet
Commentary by Steve Rabey, Religion News Service
The Teilhard de Chardin Project
Commentary by Julie Bourbon National Catholic Reporter
Reviewed by Karen Pietrusinski Profiles in Catholicism
The Most Hated Women in America
Reviewed by Jake Martin, SJ America
Reviewed by Victor Edwin SJ Independent Catholic News
To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You
Reviewed by Jeff Ryan Miraflor, SJ The Jesuit Post
Tolkien
Commentary by Sean Dailey Patheos
‘Tag’ movie based on three-decade chase game of Jesuit school friends
Reviewed by Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service/America
Reviewed by Joseph McAleer Catholic News Service
‘The Incredibles’ and the Myth of the Ideal Family
Reviewed by Amanda Haas America
Reviewed by Victor Edwin SJ Independent Catholic News
Two Crowns
Reviewed by Brad Miner The Catholic Spirit
Uncut Gems
Commentary byJacob Siegak Tablet
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Venom
Commentary Paul Asay Patheos
Commentary by John Anderson America
Waging Peace: One Soldier's Story of Putting Love First
by Diana Oestreich National Catholic Register
Waves
Reviewed by Ciaran Freeman America
Wells of Hope
Commentary by Linda Bordoni Vatican News
White Tiger
Reviewed by Mahevash Shaikh National Catholic Reporter
Wonderfully Made
Reviewed by Catholic News Agency
Wonder Woman: A Story of Female Bondage or Liberation?
by Colten Biro, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service
Words on Bathroom Walls
Reviewed by Brad Miner The Catholic Thing
Commentary by Father John Pawlikowski, O.S.M., Ph.D Profiles in Catholicism
Yellow Rose
Reviewed by Antonio D. Sison National Catholic Reporter
Zindagi Tamasha (Circus of Life)
Commentary by Kamran Chaudhry UCA News