A Protestant filmmaker, Nick Hamm, returned to Northern Ireland to film “The Journey,” a fictionalized telling of how McGuinness and Rev. Paisley came to a political solution in 2006 to bring decades of Christian-on-Christian sectarian violence to a halt.
A new documentary produced by the Vatican Museums and Vatican City State tells of Pope Francis’ love of film, literature, music and the role he believes art can play in evangelization, social change and spiritual transformation.
The artist Farid Georges, a Syriac Christian from Homs, Syria, has depicted the six-year war in his native country in about two dozen paintings which are on exhibit called “Portraits of Faith: Syria’s Christians Search for Peace.”
There’s much to like about the vibrant comic-book adaptation “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (Columbia). Besides an unslacking pace and a clever central plot twist, there’s the fact that the mayhem on display is kept virtually bloodless.
Light on the yucks but heavy on the yuk, “The House” (Warner Bros.) becomes an onerous trial of the viewer’s attention span.
There is good news about the Director Pierre Coffin’s animated comedy “Despicable Me 3” (Universal), though it has a weak central plot this is offset by amusing side stories and by strong values as well.
Stylish and energetic, the high-octane crime drama “Baby Driver” (TriStar) blends pop music, dizzying car chases and some dark humor to impressive effect.
Anthony Esolen, an accomplished literary scholar who is a faithful Catholic, turns his attention in his new book and CD to the poetry of our beloved classic hymns in “Real Music.”
