Arts & Culture

Anyone who has followed the pontificate of Pope Francis will know that he consistently encourages the young to learn from their elders and to remember their roots.

Adapted from the popular novel “The Darling Buds of May” by H.E. Bates, the rollicking English period comedy “The Larkins” is, for the most part, a lark.

You wouldn’t care to spend the rest of your life floating unconscious in a pod full of goo, would you? Well, neither would Keanu Reeves, and so we get “The Matrix Resurrections” (Warner Bros.), the fourth film in the blockbuster sci-fi series that first hit screens way back in 1999.

“Sing 2” (Universal), writer-director Garth Jennings’ follow-up to his 2016 animated musical comedy, finds that film’s ensemble of animal entertainers aiming for the big time.

“The Life of Jesus Christ: Understanding the Story of the Gospels,” published by Our Sunday Visitor in 2021, to help people experience and follow Christ by reading the Gospels.

“By his helpful insights about his life and career as a church historian, Father O’Malley helps us to see how important are the times in which we live.”

“Bloods,” a comedy series about London paramedics that debuted on the British premium channel Sky One in May, is now available on Hulu. Belabored and in questionable taste, the show airs in six half-hour episodes.

Action, humor and drama are skillfully combined in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (Columbia), the lavish final installment of a trilogy of films starring Tom Holland as the Marvel Comics superhero.