Arts & Culture

Random murder is the order of the day in the sadistic horror flick “The Strangers: Prey at Night” (Aviron).

Director Ava DuVernay’s youth-oriented fantasy film “A Wrinkle in Time” (Disney) wants to blow your mind.

David Scotton has talked to groups before about his adoption, but his story goes nationwide and worldwide with the release March 8 of an internet-only documentary, “I Lived on Parker Avenue.”

Even dressed up with some style and the presumption of wit, the remake of “Death Wish” (MGM) is the same nihilistic racist vigilante fantasy that the five films in the first series were years ago.

Speaking during a question-and-answer session in Rome March 1 after the presentation of the book, “A Pope Francis Lexicon,” Cardinal Farrell said that a greater role for women in the church “is going to take more than just issuing a decree.”

Mike and Grace Aquilina have found in their book, “A History of the Church in 100 Objects,” an accessible and fascinating way to tell this story: through the history, in words and full-color photos, of 100 well-chosen objects and places.

When Pope Benedict XVI’s custom-made red leather loafers became a signature part of his wardrobe after his election in 2005, Newsweek labeled him “a religious-fashion icon” and Esquire named him “Accessorizer of the Year.”

The espionage thriller “Red Sparrow” (Fox) is a twisty and sophisticated, though not without holes in its logic, the film might have offered relatively flavorful entertainment.