Brooding, interior and utterly focused, Mr. von Sydow is a stirring presence on screen, with a weathered face apt to illustrate inner spiritual turmoil.

Dan Bevacqua’s debut novel, the darkly comic 'Molly Bit,' follows the rise and fall of a Hollywood star.

For the director of ‘Bad Lieutenant’ and other remarkable films, religion should not be couched in exclusively negative or positive terms.

“Corpus Christi” is not a critique of Catholicism, though; it may not even be a deliberately Catholic film, writes film critic John Anderson.

“Joker” is more than just another comic book film. It has hit a nerve with an already nervous American public.

Little Women is having a bit of a moment.