film
High art meets high-tech in Vatican 3D film about Raphael
By Josephine McKenna — March 22, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The work of the Renaissance master Raphael, which fills the Sistine Chapel and pope’s palace, is for the first time celebrated on screen in a 3D film co-produced by the Vatican Museums.
‘Gay moment’ stays put as Malaysia to release ‘Beauty and the Beast’ without cuts
By Reuters — March 21, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) Walt Disney blockbuster 'Beauty and the Beast' will be released in Malaysia this month without any cuts, the company said on Tuesday, after censors had earlier asked for the removal of a 'gay moment' in the movie.
Controversial book ‘The Shack’ makes the leap from page to screen
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 3, 2017
(RNS) The author, producer and actors behind 'The Shack' talk about the book's decadelong journey to the screen – and controversy over its depiction of the Trinity.
The best Jewish movies you never knew were Jewish
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 27, 2017
Was Rick in Casablanca Jewish? A guide to the hidden Jews of the cinema.
Author Lee Strobel on ‘The Case for Christ,’ now a movie
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 4, 2017
(RNS) The journalist-turned-pastor talks to RNS about the life-changing investigation that launched a series of books and now a film.
Director Martin Scorcese discusses meeting ‘disarming’ Pope Francis
By RNS staff — December 6, 2016
Scorsese met Francis to discuss his film "Silence" (opening Dec. 25), where Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver portray Jesuit priests in 17th century Japan.
Martin Scorsese meets pope as film on Jesuits screens in Rome
By RNS staff — November 30, 2016
(Reuters) For Scorsese, the meeting came almost thirty years after his film 'The Last Temptation of Christ' outraged many conservative Christians.
The secret Christian message in this weekend’s highly-anticipated horror film
By Jonathan Merritt — June 10, 2016
The second highest grossing horror film of all time, 'The Conjuring,' was written by two Christians who quietly inserted a religious message into it.
Holiday movies in theaters tap into spiritual side of season
By Kimberly Winston — December 25, 2015
(RNS) A crop of December movies have strong religious themes, both Christian and Jewish, and there are a few for the skeptical and the atheist as well.
Catholics and Jews pan film defending wartime Pope Pius XII
By Reuters — March 4, 2015
(REUTERS) “Shades of Truth” is the account of a fictional present-day American journalist who starts off as a critic of Pius and changes his mind after research in Israel, Rome and elsewhere in Europe.
‘Left Behind’ and ‘The Good Lie’ face off during Hollywood’s year of faith-based films
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 3, 2014
(RNS) "Left Behind" and "The Good Lie" both aim to attract a faith-based crowd, and they’ll both test Hollywood’s appetite for religion.
Q&A: ‘Noah’ director Darren Aronofsky on justice vs. mercy
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 24, 2014
(RNS) "Noah" director Darren Aronofsky describes where he got the idea for the film, how he plans to respond to critics and why he focuses the film on themes of justice vs. mercy.
‘Noah’ film sparks debate over one of the world’s oldest and most beloved stories
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 13, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) The biblical narrative of the flood is a touchstone in many religious circles, a story that's told and retold within Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Hollywood looks to the Bible for screenplay potential
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 23, 2013
(RNS) Nearly 10 years after the blockbuster success of Mel Gibson's “The Passion of the Christ,” which earned $611.9 million worldwide, studios are looking to the Good Book for good material.
Fixing America’s failing families: An interview with T.D. Jakes
By Jonathan Merritt — August 15, 2013
The prominent pastor shares why he thinks the American family is failing and how he plans to fix it.
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