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John Anderson is a television critic for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The New York Times.
In “The Apparition,” a 16-year-old novice named Anna reports a vision of the Blessed Virgin (image: Music Box Films).
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John Anderson
In Xavier Giannoli’s new movie, an intrepid reporter is asked by the Vatican to compile a report on a reputed miracle.
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Censors “complained that they knew what Lubitsch was saying, but they couldn’t figure out how he was saying it.” 
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The relationship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband, Marty, is a huge part of why “RBG” has struck a chord with audiences.
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Her gift for solving puzzles is not a superpower. It is not a cure for cancer. But it is an indication that, inside, Agnes has untapped intellect.
Author Andrew Solomon and his father, Howard Solomon, in Rachel Dretzin’s documentary "Far From the Tree." (Courtesy of Sundance Selects.)
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The documentary version of Andrew Solomon's book emphasizes the love parents have for children with autism, deafness and other unexpected identities.
Elsie Fisher (photo: A24)
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Bo Burnham’s new movie is a joyous reminder that 13 is not, in fact, the best year of your life.
Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios. Photo credit: © Lauren Greenfield, all rights reserved.
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Lauren Greenfield’s new documentary says little about spiritual emptiness and the desperate ways in which people try to fill it.
Fred Rogers on the set of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” (Jim Judkis/Focus Features)
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The movie about children's TV host Fred Rogers, directed by Morgan Neville (“Twenty Feet From Stardom”), is sturdy and unavoidably sentimental.
German filmmaker Wim Wenders is pictured in this undated photo with Pope Francis during the production of his documentary film, "Pope Francis — A Man of His Word." (CNS photo/Vatican Media, handout)
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In a new documentary from Wim Wenders, Francis is sober, consoling, occasionally sad and always jesuitical.
Reverend Toller is a cleric cut from the cloth of Graham Greene’s “whiskey priest” (photo: A24).
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Reverend Toller is a cleric cut from the cloth of Graham Greene’s “whiskey priest.”