A Muddy Condemnation of Slavery

Despite some bright moments, Beloved gets sunk by its makers' pessimism and confusing story

Pope John Paul II’s Christmas Letter to the World’s Children

Monks’ Christmas cakes Apro-life fund-raiser

Christmas in Ireland Is a Time of Homecoming

Holiday pudding, the Wren Boys, and other age-old traditions mark season

Gems Among Tales of the Saints

Hollywood Classics for the Season

A Christmas Carol with Christ

In the best film version of Dickens'classic, Scrooge gets the straight scoop on redemption

The Splendid Sounds of Christmas

Inspired music-some traditional, some little known-for a holy season

The Saint Who Became Santa Claus

Fact, fable, and the Coca-Cola Co. colorourimage of beloved St. Nicholas

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Return to the Bad Old ‘50s

Pleasantville offers a distinctly Clintonesque view of the past

An Unlikely Band of Criminals

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A Little Witch in Every Woman?

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Darkness on Both Sides of the Border

Orson Welles'classic Touch of Evil is re-released as he really meant it to be

An Old Man’s Second Chance at Life

In Wild Strawberries, Ingmar Bergman shows it's never too late to start over again

One True Thing’s False Message

Mother-daughter melodrama presents assisted suicide as a noble choice

The Wonderful Wizardry of OZ

All ages identify with the life lessons learned by Dorothy and friends

A Little Guy with Big Faith

Simon Birch loves God, but not organized religion

Struggling to Build Paradise on Earth

The Mission offers one of the best depictions of Christian redemption ever filmed but is marred by its 'liberation theology'bias.