Director Miranda de Pencier’s drama “The Grizzlies” (Northwood Entertainment) tells the inspiring true story of a town that suffered the highest suicide rate in North America but found hope through the introduction of a lacrosse program for its teens.
Those chafing under the travel restrictions imposed by the current pandemic may take comfort from “The Rental” (IFC), the story of an oceanside getaway gone fatally wrong.
In the 75 years since its conclusion, the Second World War has been the subject of innumerable films of widely varied worth.
“Radioactive” (Amazon), the story of Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, does not disappoint.
Sex is more fun than being Catholic. That’s the basic message of writer-director Karen Maine’s semi-autobiographical drama “Yes, God, Yes” (Vertical).
There’s an adolescent quality to the nihilism that underlies director Max Barbakow’s feature debut, the romantic comedy “Palm Springs” (Neon/Hulu).
Despite a tragically brief and illness-plagued career, Catholic author Flannery O’Connor is recognized as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.
“First Cow” (A24) combines history that you may not have known about with insights that remain unchanged since the 19th century.
