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This is the movie poster for “The Bad Guys” (CNS photo/DreamWorks Pictures)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Dougherty
The ”Bad Guys” films ask, how do we determine who the “bad guys” are? And if you’re marked as “bad” from the start, can you ever make good?
David Corenswet in a scene from "Superman" (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Dougherty
The first time we see the titular hero of James Gunn’s new film “Superman,” he doesn’t descend from the heavens. He plummets.
Arts & CultureFilm
Grace Copps
Although “Nonnas” is not an explicitly religious movie, the film’s motif of meals as a conduit for community is certainly also found in the Catholic imagination.
Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in a scene from "The Phoenician Scheme" (TPS Productions/Focus Features via AP)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Dougherty
‘The Phoenician Scheme‘ centers on sin and redemption, the frail but fundamental hope that anyone can be saved, if they sincerely repent.
Arts & CultureFilm
Grace Lenahan
Blessed Carlo Acutis offers a counterexample for our digital age: a teenager who embraced technology not as an escape, but as a tool for communion—with others, and with God.
Annalise Basso, left, and Tom Hiddleston in a scene from "The Life of Chuck." (Neon via AP)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Dougherty
How much does any one individual person matter, considered against the grand sweep of history and the cosmos? That’s the question that writer-director Mike Flanagan considers in his new film “The Life of Chuck.”