So what is it about these cheesy, mass-produced films that make them so irresistible?

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

"The Song of Bernadette" follows a classic horror-film structure in order to make a theological point that could not be more urgent.

The messages of “Mary” that can be applied to our own age are received early, and often.

“Tragic characters like these, who seem tangled in sin, are always a call to conversion,” said one Polish primate.

There is a richness to “Roma” that will likely take multiple viewings to absorb. Every gesture is revealing; every image is a window.