From 1939: It was a busy year for America’s film reviewer, who wrote as many as four reviews a week.

For the Feb. 23, 1974, issue, the editors invited William Peter Blatty, author of the novel The Exorcist and a producer of the film, to respond to America’s critics.    

The event that takes place in “The Devil’s Doorway,” a horror film from the Irish director Aislinn Clarke, may or may not be a miracle—but it exposes a truth about who we are, we who crucified Christ.

For people living with this chronic illness seeing aspects of their daily life on screen can be startling and affirming.

Crosby was the most Catholic superstar the United States has ever seen.

The oddities of Franco Zeffirelli’s ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ should not be dismissed as defects.