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Arts & CultureFilm
Jim McDermott
“The Exorcist” exposed people around the world to the question of evil in a new and terrifying way. It also laid the groundwork for a different kind of horror story.
In Wim Wenders’s film “Wings of Desire,” the protagonist, an angel named Damiel (Bruno Ganz), is tired of spending eternity as a pure spirit (photo: Alamy).
Arts & CultureIdeas
Margaret Tucker
In ‘Wings of Desire,’ Damiel is tired of pretense, tired of spending eternity as a pure spirit.
Alexandre Guérin (Melvil Poupaud), right, plays a sexual abuse victim in ‘By the Grace of God’ (photo: IMDB).
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
François Ozon has created a film that is connected organically to its subject matter, one that breathes and writhes and grieves in synch with its victims.
Antonio Banderas in ‘Pain and Glory’ (photo: Fox Searchlight)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Growing up, the plan for Pedro Almodóvar was to become a priest. Instead he became one of the world’s great directors.
Renée Zellweger is Judy Garland in ‘Judy’ (photo: BBC Films)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
In “Judy,” the utterly endearing Judy Garland—birdlike, brittle, addicted to pills and booze—is also a junkie for the standing O.
Brad Pitt in ‘Ad Astra’ (CNS photo/Fox) 
Arts & CultureFilm
Kevin Christopher Robles
God (or at least the talk of God) is a surprising element in James Gray’s new film.