Arts & Culture

Ripped from the headlines, as the saying goes, “Bombshell” (Lionsgate) dramatizes the real-life story of the sexual harassment scandal that swamped the Fox News organization in 2016 and helped to launch the #MeToo movement.

Two books that address cultural issues and what religion has to say about it.

Playful gender-bending by video-game avatars mingles with an unexpectedly somber message about approaching death in “Jumanji: The Next Level” (Columbia).

In “The Two Popes” (Netflix), their glossy but highly speculative account of supposedly real events, screenwriter Anthony McCarten and director Fernando Meirelles ill-advisedly try to extol Pope Francis by trashing retired Pope Benedict XVI.

“Dark Waters” (Focus) is a fact-based drama about poisoned H2O is similar in theme to 2000’s “Erin Brockovich.

You’d have to be meshuggeneh to want to spend two hours-plus in the company of the lowlifes who populate the relentlessly grating character study “Uncut Gems” (A24).

The documentary, “Holy Silence,” examines whether Jewish lives would have been saved had Pope Pius XI or his successor, Pope Pius XII, issued a statement urging the protection of Jews in Axis-held Europe.

During Advent, Catholics are invited to look for ways to prepare spiritually for the coming of Christ at Christmas. Experiencing the gentleness of God through learning more about St. Faustina and the devotion to the Divine Mercy might just be the perfect way to do so.