The Vatican Tapes

Pray for us; it's exorcism time again

"...and the holy water is a flyin’ in The Vatican Tapes, a slapdash of exorcist-movie cliches dressed up as..."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Novitiate

An original take on a crisis of faith

"...Catholic Church. In 1965, Pope John XXIII and the Vatican Council met and created “Vatican II,” essentially an attempt..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pope Must Diet

"...on the part of a semi-deaf priest in the Vatican (Adrian Edmondson of The Young Ones Vivian fame), liberal..."

Sept. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Incarnate

Demon possession thriller

"...of a little kid by the devil. Can’t the Vatican do something to halt the spread of dismal cinematic..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Apparition

French religious drama places miracles under the microscope

"...ever-more-concerned wife, he accepts an unlikely job offer. The Vatican wants him to join a team being dispatched to..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

The pope, in his own words, through the lens of Wim Wenders

"...in both narrative and nonfiction modes, here answers the Vatican’s call to helm a documentary about its newest sovereign:..."

May 18, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The AggreGAYtor: November 4

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The Vatican gesticulates wildly, Orson Scott Card says we're the bigots,..."

Nov. 4, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The Order

Mysterious doings in a Catholic sect, on the whole more silly than scary.

"...better enter the gates of heaven. There’s also a Vatican conspiracy subplot lashed onto the horror framework somewhere, but..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Amen.

"..."This is pretty much a big smack on the Vatican." (My notes also read, of Kassovitz, the handsome co-star..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Some Came Running

"...here is enough to make Peyton Place look like Vatican City. Tagging after Sinatra’s unwelcome hero is the waif-like..."

July 15, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Priest

"...emotional baggage on board to weigh down even the Vatican's corps of Swiss Guards, Priest is a powerful, touching,..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Fake Disease That Saved Real Lives in Syndrome K

New documentary reveals a secret history of Italian resistance

"...AC: And this was your second film in Vatican City. Is it particularly challenging to shoot there?..."

Aug. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Divine Intervention

What Price Salvation?

"...Catholic organizations since 1990. The increased hospital consolidation, increased Vatican interference, and more restrictions on reproductive services are leaving..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Stigmata

"...a middling horror show into an outright shriekfest? The Vatican's ancient rules of engagement against Lucifer -- the ritual..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...Steakley's novel Vampire$, Carpenter's version jettisons much of the Vatican-as-Global-Overseer subplotting and instead pares the action down to its..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...After years of Vatican foot-stomping and months of negotiation, a simple new agreement..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature

The Two Popes

Hopkins and Pryce are delicately charming in the true story of a modern schism

"...into overly regimented and often extravagant ceremonies of the Vatican City being a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain...."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Devil and William Friedkin

The director's journey from The Exorcist to a real exorcism

"...Catholic church's most secretive rites, as conducted by the Vatican's leading exorcist...."

Jan. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wheezing Spools: Cassettes in Electronic Music – Part II

A half-dozen tape bombardments that hardly toe the line

"...Vatican Shadow Pakistan Military Academy (Hospital Productions, 2011)..."

July 23, 2014 Music Post by Conor Walker

After a Fashion

Who is the Best Fashion Writer? Just ask the Saxon Pub! See inside for more details.

"...heard about the hordes of pilgrims descending on the Vatican for Easter. I keep thinking, pilgrims? At the Vatican?..."

April 1, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Letters at 3AM: A Fallen Catholic in a Fallen Church

I can't hide from my sins and, now, neither can the church

"...I had not been to a Catholic service since Vatican II and had no desire to hear Mass celebrated..."

July 16, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Where, Oh, Where Are the Murray O'hairs?

"...3. The Vatican -- or the C.I.A. -- did it...."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

Austin Ain't Boys' Town

Meet the Most Reverend John McCarthy

"...relationship of the Diocese of Austin, ultimately, to the Vatican?..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

Based on a true case, a 6-year-old is ripped from his Jewish parents by the Catholic church

"...IX. It’s rare to see a dramatic depiction of Vatican City’s number one resident as anything other than a..."

June 14, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels

Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in

"...surveillance is evoked in an aerial sequence over the Vatican. Stevenson explained that it begins as “almost a postcard..."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fast X

The Fast franchise gets bigger and a little closer to the end of the track

"...through the streets of Rome from blowing up the Vatican. That's all in a day’s work before making it..."

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Exhorder, Lera Lynn, Sobbrs, a Tom Waits tribute, and more shows worth seeing

"...Exhorder Performs Slaughter in the Vatican..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Seventh Day

Training Day meets The Exorcist

"...big hat doesn't yell that the boys in the Vatican are chewing his ass, and he'll have Peter's collar..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sin

Portrait of the original Renaissance man lets obsession obscure the vision

"...the vaulted ceilings in the late Pope Sixtus IV’s Vatican chapel. The victim of his own stellar reputation —by..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist

The master filmmaker revealed, under the guise of examining his film.

"...upcoming documentary, The Devil and Father Amorth, about the Vatican's chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth. Of course I said..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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