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NEW YORK - You must remember Ingrid Bergman.
The occasion of the Swedish-born actress' centennial — she was born Aug. 29, 1915 — has spurred lavish retrospectives of her films worldwide, including events at New York's Museum of Modern Art in and the American Film Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Washington exhibit showcases Indiana Jones’ quest for the sacred
By Sara Weissman, Religion News ServiceWASHINGTON - The exhibit “Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archeology,” at the U.S. National Geographic Museum until Jan. 3, features 100 carefully crafted film props alongside real archaeological finds.
Call to action on the environment
By Simon Appolloni, Catholic Register SpecialNow is the time Catholics need to prepare for a new urgency and a new way of thinking about our tradition and the natural world. We have to claim a new or renewed intimacy with creation.
Cinderella’s Christian symbolism
By Bishop Robert BarronReleased before Easter, Cinderella is the most surprising Hollywood movie of the year so far.
Pure Flix aims to bring ‘culture of Christ’ to the film industry
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterDavid A. R. White and Michael Scott fell in love with movies at Church. Both grew up as pastor’s kids (or PKs as Scott likes to call it) and had regular movie nights at their respective churches, enjoyable nights that brought the whole community together.
Meet the Muslim actor chosen to play Jesus in upcoming film
By Jonathan Merritt, Religion News Service“Bless you for playing Jesus, peace be upon him.”
Oscar's got nothin' on us: The real best movies, family films of 2014
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - The year just past saw the release of a number of films whose celebrated cinematic quality was not matched by moral merit.
Fifty Shades of Grey 'direct assault' on marriage, morality
By Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON - The new movie Fifty Shades of Grey is "a direct assault on Christian marriage and on the moral and spiritual strength of God's people," Cincinnati's archbishop told pastors in his archdiocese.
Ewan McGregor pulls off a convincing Jesus in ‘Last Days in the Desert’
By Dick Staub, Religion News ServicePARK CITY, Utah - Publishers discovered a long time ago that Jesus sells magazines, so it should be no surprise that one of the hottest tickets here at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival was the premiere of “Last Days in the Desert,” directed by Rodrigo Garcia and starring Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and Satan.
Here’s the faith in the American Sniper you won’t see in the film
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News ServiceChris Kyle, often described as the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history, wrote in his autobiography that he prioritized his life in the following order: God, country, family.
Unbroken
By John Mulderig, Catholic News ServiceNEW YORK - Positive values permeate the inspirational fact-based drama "Unbroken" (Universal). Despite its admirable qualities, however, the film also represents something of a missed opportunity.