Voices
John Anderson is a television critic for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The New York Times.
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For the better part of 40 years Pedro Almodóvar has personified both the cinema of Spain and the country’s conflicted relationship with the church.
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Sidney Poitier’s abilities as an actor were subtle, even spiritual. They were about soul. Not his. Ours.
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Aaron Sorkin's take on the "behind-the-scenes" world of "I Love Lucy" depicts Lucille Ball in a most unsympathetic light.
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“Belfast” presents itself as a family photo album: Violence may intrude, but it doesn’t crowd out the Christmas pictures.
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This is not a movie about crime and punishment, but damage and recovery.
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Frank Herbert’s beloved novel has enough material that should preclude the kind of dead space that inhabits so much of this “Dune.”
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When it comes to their religion, the criminals embrace the rituals and ignore the meaning.
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If only the priest would turn his back on members of the congregation, the movie’s logic goes, and recite the liturgy in a language they don’t understand, the pews would be full and the seminaries overflowing.
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‘Lourdes’ is a film of dignity, charity and profundity—one in which hope is made palpable.
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A new documentary on the L.G.B.T.Q. ministry of James Martin, S.J., provides an engaging look at his work—and an eye-opening perspective on his opponents.