OSV News classification: A-III

Given the dramatic nature of his conversion and long-lasting, widespread influence, it’s no surprise that the life of St. Francis has often been portrayed on film.

All three of the main characters in “Crime 101” (Amazon MGM) are dealing with lives and careers that have slammed into a wall.

“Hamnet” (Focus) is a lyrical but emotionally wrenching drama, a film that is both too intense and too complicated for kids.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the first film in director Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, all three movies will be in theaters Jan. …

In the lead-up to Pope Leo XIV’s Nov. 15 meeting with a group of Hollywood actors and directors, the Vatican offered an insight into the American-born pontiff’s cinematic taste by …

For better or worse, the sports biopic “The Smashing Machine” (A24) registers as a highly realistic film.

Old-fashioned in the best sense, “Superman” celebrates the small-town values with which its protagonist was raised. Yet the screenplay aims for contemporary resonance as well.

Offered big money by the representative of a pharmaceutical company to help retrieve dinosaur DNA, two special operatives veterans and a paleontologist join on a journey to a remote equatorial …

‘Tis the season for popcorn pictures and the slick but shallow sports drama “F1 the Movie” (Warner Bros.) fits the bill.

After psychiatric treatment fails to cure the long-time mental troubles of Emma Schmidt, Father Riesinger is authorized to try to free the tormented young woman of demonic possession.