FILM REVIEWS
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
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Reviewed by DeWayne Hamby Patheos
Commentary by Amy Hall Catholic News Service/CDOM
ACROSS: The Father Tolton Movie
Commentary by Perry West Catholic News Agency/Angelus
Ad Astra
Reviewed by Kevin Christopher Robles America
Reviewed by Amanda C Dickie Independent Catholic News
Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw The Guardian
American Dharma
Reviewed by John Anderson America
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
Birds of Passage
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
Beautiful Boy
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski Angelus News
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 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
Burden
Commentary by Sophia Martinson Angelus
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
Cats
Reviewed by Daniel Drake The New York Review of Books
Circus of Life (Zindagi Tamasha)
Commentary by Kamran Chaudhry UCANews.com
Reviewed Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Commentary by Sophia Martinson Angelus
Damien
Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Dark Water
Commentary by Phil Fox Rose Patheos
Commentary by Carl McColman Patheos
Reviewed by Lisa Hendey Catholic Mom
Des prêtres et des scandales
by Anne Philibert
Interview by La Croix International
Detainment
Reviewed by Fiorella Nash The Catholic World Report
Reviewed by Sean Barry, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by Jake Martin America
Reviewed by Bishop Robert Barron Zerir
Downton Abbey
Reviewed by Rob Weinert-Kendt America
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Register’
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Commentary by John Anderson America
Faces Places.
Reviewed by Charles Bramesco Vulture
by Robert David Sullivan America
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
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 and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger
by Rebecca Traister’
Reviewed by Rachel Cooke The Guardian
Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer
Commentary by Peter Jesserer Smith Angelus
Commentary by Bill McGarvey America
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
I Can Only Imagine
Reviewed by Jean Heimann Catholic Fire
I Like to See the Sun Rise
Commentary by Christopher White Crux/CAN
‘I, Tonya’ may be the film we need to understand Donald Trump and Me Too
Commentary by John Anderson America
In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy
by Frederic Martel
Commentary by Colleen Dulle America
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
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
Interior States
by Meghan O'Gieblyn
Reviewed by Jonathan Malesic America
Jean Vanier, le sacrement de la tendresse (Jean Vanier, the sacrament of tenderness)
Commentary by Mélinée Le Priol La Croix International
John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace
Commentary by Ryan Scheel uCathilic
Jojo Rabbit
Reviewed by Liel Leibovitz Tablet
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski Catholic World Report
Joker
Commentary by J. Hoberman Tablet
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
Knives Out
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
La La Land
Reviewed by Camille Jones Profiles in Catholicism
Reviewed by Bishop Robert Barron YouTube
Reviewed by Heather King Angelus
Life of the Beloved: spiritual living in a secular world
by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Little Women
Reviewed by Haley Stewart America
Lodge 49
An Interview with Jim Gavin America
Loneliness Insights for Healing in a Fragmented World
by Father Gerald Arbuckle
Commentary by Cath News New Zealand
Love, Gilda
Reviewed by Ellin Stein Slate
Love and Mercy
Reviewed by Brad Miner The Catholic Thing
Lucky
Reviewed by Jo Siedlecka Independent Catholic News
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
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 by John Anderson America
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus National Catholic Register
Reviewed by Raymond A. Schroth, S.J America
Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals
Reviewed by James Matthew Wilson The Catholic World Report
Reviewed by Ciaran Freeman America
Noah
Commentary by Peter T. Chattaway Patheos
Nothing Like a Dame
Reviewed by Tristram Fane Saunders Catholic Church in Australia
Oklahoma
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Parasite
Reviewed by Matt Briand SJ Jesuit Post
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
Plastic Ocean
Commentary by Bob Wegener EarthBeat
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
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Pavarotti
Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Peterloo
Reviewed by John Anderson America
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
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
Commentary by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Rocketman
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Roma
Reviewed by Uli Covarrubias, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films
Salò
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Commentary by Jim McDermott America
Shazam
Reviewed by Paul Asay Patheos
Reviewed by Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Spiritueller Mißbrauch in der katholische Kirche (Spiritual Abuse in the Catholic Church)
by Denise Wagner
Reviewed by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt La Croix International
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Reviewed by Anna Clara Ionta Profiles in Catholicism
Stumbling In Holiness
by Brian P. Flanagan
Reviewed by Natalia Imperatori-Lee America
The 21 - A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs
by Martin Mosebach
Commentary by Samuel Smith The Christian Post
The Best of Enemies
Reviewed by Sr. Rose Pacatte Patheos
The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians
by Austen Hartkeadd after
Reviewed by Hilary Howes National Catholic Reporter
The Brink
Commentary by Sr. Rose Pacatte National Catholic Reporter
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 Dead Don’t Die
Reviewed by Vladislav Davidzon Tablet Magazine
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
The Farewell
Reviewed by Brother Antonio D. Sison National Catholic Reporter
The Francis Impact
Reviewed by Emma Winters America
The Hole in the Ground
Reviewed by IrishCentral Staff IrishCentral
The Honest Struggle
Reviewed by Aysha Khan Religion News Service
Reviewed by John Anderson America
The Italian Panacea in Two Films by Lucia Mauro
by Anna Clara Ionta
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos
The Nun’s Story
Commentary by Nadra Nittle America
The Sultan and the Saint
Commentary by Victor Edwin SJ Independent Catholic News
Reviewed by John Anderson America
The Rise of Skywalker
Commentary by Sean Fitzpatrick The Catholic World Report
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Toy Story 4
Reviewed by Don Johnson Catholic World Report
Yesterday
Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski Angelus
Commentary by Eve Tushnet America
Commentary by Gregory Mellor America
Reviewed by Joseph McAleer The Pilot
Reviewed by David Paternostro, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by The Pauline Center for Media Studies (PCMS)
Reviewed by Fabien Lemercier Cinemaeuropa
Reviewed by Steven D. Greydanus
The Brilliance of Black KkKlansman
Reviewed by Joshunda Sanders Medium
The Children Act
Commentary by Maureen Lee Lenker Entertainment
The Crimes of Grindelwald
Reviewed by Colten Biro, SJ The Jesuit Post
‘The Death of Stalin’: Laughing in the face of evil
Reviewed by John Anderson America
The Face of Mercy
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare
Commentary by Namwali Serpell The New York Review of Books
Reviewed by John Mulderig Catholic News Service
Commentary by Eve Tushnet America
Commentary by Michael Nordine IndieWire
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Reviewed by Kaya Oakes America
The Way of the Shadow Wolves: The Deep State and the Hijacking of America
by Steven Segal
Commentary by Kathryn Doyle Vulture
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
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
Tolkien
Commentary by Sean Dailey Patheos
Reviewed by Kate O'Hare Patheos
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
Reviewed by John Anderson America
Commentary by Gordon Nary Profiles in Catholicism
Reviewed by Tara Brady The Irish Times
Silence
Reviewed by Bishop Robert Barron Zerit
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\
‘Sorry to Bother You’ is a satirical look into what it means to be black in corporate America
Reviewed by Eve Tushnet America
‘Summer in the Forest’ honors Jean Vanier and the people he serves
Reviewed by John Anderson
‘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
Venom
Commentary Paul Asay Patheos
Commentary by John Anderson America
Waves
Reviewed by Ciaran Freeman America
Wonder Woman: A Story of Female Bondage or Liberation?
by Colten Biro, SJ The Jesuit Post
Reviewed by Emily McFarlan Miller Religion News Service
Commentary by Father John Pawlikowski, O.S.M., Ph.D Profiles in Catholicism