Growing up, the plan for Pedro Almodóvar was to become a priest. Instead he became one of the world’s great directors.

In “Judy,” the utterly endearing Judy Garland—birdlike, brittle, addicted to pills and booze—is also a junkie for the standing O.

God (or at least the talk of God) is a surprising element in James Gray’s new film.

The film’s central event—the overnight visit of King George and Queen Mary to Downton—is an occasion less for conflict than for catering.

Hunter Harris tells us. Also: Lady Bird is the greatest Catholic School Movie ever.

Ciaran Freeman spent last summer, after his year as an O’Hare fellow at America Media, combing through movies about Catholic schools and ranking them. The findings were published here. Since then, readers have written in to let Mr. Freeman know what films he overlooked in his top-10 ranking.