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'Silence' actor Andrew Garfield did St. Ignatius' spiritual exercises to prepare for priest role
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON – Actor Andrew Garfield underwent the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, as part of his preparation for playing a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese's new film, "Silence."
There’s nothing alien about the way God talks to us
By Bishop Robert BarronLike E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Independence Day, and a host of similar films over the past 30 years, Arrival explores the theme of an alien visitation to Earth.
Review of Martin Scorsese's 'Silence'
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK – Directed and co-written (with Jay Cocks) by Martin Scorsese, Silence (Paramount) is a dramatically powerful but theologically complex work best suited to viewers who come to the multiplex prepared to engage with serious issues.
Saint John Paul II documentary takes two Emmys
By CNA/EWTN NewsCHICAGO, Ill. – Two Emmy Awards have gone to a documentary that shows St. John Paul II’s central role in the end of communism.
Movie Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK – With "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," last year's promising reignition of the iconic franchise, "The Force Awakens," gains a worthy – and equally family-friendly – companion.
In Jesuit publications, filmmaker Scorsese talks about his faith
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News ServiceROME – In two long interviews with Jesuit publications, director Martin Scorsese described his new film Silence as a major stage in his pilgrimage of faith, a pilgrimage that included flunking out of the minor seminary, investigating other religions and recognizing that the Catholic Church was his home.
Pope Francis meets Martin Scorsese, director of 'Silence,' at Vatican
By Elise Harris, CNA/EWTN NewsVATICAN CITY – On Wednesday Pope Francis added world famous director Martin Scorsese to the list of Hollywood stars he has welcomed for a private meeting in the Vatican, following an official Rome preview of Scorsese’s new film Silence.
Movie Review: Allied
By Kurt Jensen, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK – Like time travellers from the Golden Age of Hollywood studio films, the characters played by Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in "Allied" (Paramount) don't allow a little event like World War II to muss their elegant coifs.
'Doctor Strange' offers a taste of spiritual medicine
By Bishop Robert BarronScott Derickson’s new film, Doctor Strange, has received rave reviews for its special-effects, its compelling story-telling, and the quality of its actors, but I would like to focus on the spirituality implicit in it. Doctor Strange is far from a satisfying presentation of the spiritual order, but it represents a significant step in the right direction, which proves especially helpful for our time.
Faith takes center stage in Mel Gibson's new film
By Joseph McAleer, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK – Ever since the success of 2004's The Passion of the Christ, viewers of faith have waited anxiously for a follow-up from the film's director, Mel Gibson.
Movie Review: Hacksaw Ridge
By Joseph McAleer, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK – In the Gospel of John, Jesus tells his disciples, "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."