"I have given many interviews stating that because of church proscriptions I saw no motion pictures before the age 16, when I did so w/o permission. That's not quite true. Several times a year my father would bring our family to National Geographic style traveloques shown at the Grand Rapids Civic Auditorium. There were also two feature films we went to see, "Martin Luther" in 1953 and "The Heart is a Rebel" in 1958. Both were shown at the Civic Auditorium. I just watched "The Heart is a Rebel" for this time time since. It's a coming to Jesus story bound together by the Ethel Waters' gospel singing. An often touching more often ludicrous 1950's time capsule. What made it stand out is aproximately 15 minutes of documentary footage from the Billy Graham historic crusade at the old Madison Square Garden. My father was deeply committed to Graham, Cliff Barrows and the crusade. We go to Chicago to hear them and I would step forward voluntarily "just as I am." Seeing Graham in this historic footage is stunning. The charisma is blinding. Then I realized what it reminded me off: it was Bruce Springsteen in 1976 descending like a charismatic avatar. A star is born. I'm going to see Bruce again on Monday. I wish I could see and hear Billy again."
Friday, May 08, 2026
paul schrader, billy graham, and 'the heart is a rebel'
Thursday, September 05, 2024
MOVIES TO SEE
Seymour : Ethan Hawke directed, about piano teacher/player mentor
The Last Film Show : Hollywood Suite via Prime, 7-day free trial
Perfect Neighbor
Stanley Nelson's definitive documentary: Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Elevator to the Gallows
Killhouse : Ukraine’s answer to Saving Private Ryan, updated for an age of drones.
Mar 27 US release: She Dances
"A struggling father attempts to reconnect with his daughter while serving as her chaperone at a dance competition." Ethan Hawke Variety: "stilted writing and direction lead to awkward dialogue and interactions"
Amrum remote German island community responds to the death of Hitler
Mother Father Sister Brother (Jarmusch) on Mubi. Get DVD to rip staircase clip that Rosie sent me
Ascenseur pour l'echafaud : ripped
MUBI The Settlers
NETFLIX Secret Mall Apartment, The Rip (Joel)
Nuremberg (Ian Farthing, Michael Hart. DW: script uneven)
Hamnet
Secret Agent
Dead Man's Wire (Gus Van Sant) On February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis storms into the office of Richard Hall, president of Meridian Mortgage Company, and holds him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun.
Merrily We Roll Along
Happy Holidays
Sinners (Crave rent via Prime)
Weapons: school children all disappear at 2:17am (Crave rent via Prime)
COMING!!!
WILD HORSE NINE Nov 6
d. Martin McDonagh. Just before Chilean coup. Starring John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girólamo, Ailín Salas, with Tom Waits, and Parker Posey. In theaters November 6th.
THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH
David Fincher directs Tarantino script, sequel to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Filmed from July 2025 to January 2026, to be released in select theatres and on Netflix in 2026.
THE WAY OF THE WIND
Terence Malick's Jesus movie *may* be coming in May. Cannes? Filming wrapped in 2019, but with over three THOUSAND hours of footage, it's taking a while to edit. Mark Rylance as 28 different versions of Satan, unless the whole role gets cut.
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Notorious
Train Dreams
NETFLIX
logger, building of American West, Malick-ish. Sing Sing writers
Demy, The Young Girls of Rochefort (Catherine Deneuve and Gene Kelly)
NY doc
The Stranger (PN undercover cop moody dark Aussie)
The Teachers' Lounge (Karen Cooper)
Poison
The Rat Catcher
The Swan
The Wonder
Relay (rec Joel Stephanson, same director as Hell Or High Water)
The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson
APPLE
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
The Lost Bus
Wolfwalkers
Slow Horses
Mr Scorsese (Oct 17)
The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes doc)
Bono: Stories of Surrender
Sharper (2023, Julianne Moore, John Lithgow)
Coda (2021, "only hearing child of a deaf family, who expect her to work full-time at the family's struggling fishing business. Ruby hopes to study music at Berklee
FRIEND RECS
All We Imagine As Light PN | Criterion 7 days free, Apple $3.99 | S&S #1 for 2024
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023, Friedkin) - streaming only AL
Chelsea Walls Brett Alan Dewing
Meek's Cutoff AL
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme - Netflix
Karaoke RK
Barbie PN
Hard Truths (Mike Leigh) PN
My Old Ass ("packs a punch") Daniel Reville
La Chimera Matt Page
Corpo Celeste Matt Page
Fallen Leaves (Kaurimaski) Michael Hart quirky, sad yet funny, movie references & always a live band
HAVE
Julia (Rudi saw it summer 2025)
The Naked City
Spencer
SEE WITH CAROLE
Flora and Son (writer/director of Once and Sing Street)
Liberty Heights (Barry Levinson, Baltimore, great early-Fifties pop soundtrack)
Vengeance Most Fowl [streaming]
MONTAGE
The Eternal Zero
Gun Crazy
The Irishman - freeze frame, death dates of characters
I'm Still Here (Brazil military dictatorship 1964 /1971 / 1996 / 2014)
Fargo
SERIES
Chernobyl
Adolescence [set in Liverpool] Katie & Carole, etc
The Lowdown, with Ethan Hawke "a noir for our era" | New Yorker, Sep 22, 2025 [on FX]
Station Eleven
True Detective Season One, as well as Season Four w/ Jodie Foster (Katie rec)
Slow Horses
RECENT
Exhibiting Forgiveness
NOW PLAYING
Doubters To Believers (Klopp) Netflix
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American Fiction [Prime Apple Amazon]
Blitz (Steve McQueen, Saoirse Ronan) [Apple] DW didn't like it
My Old Ass (PRIME)
The Old Oak (2023, Hoopla)
Promised Land (Amazon Apple Hoopla)
Oh, Canada [Schrader. Draft dodger?]
The Shadowless Tower [Apple $6.99]
Sam Mendes, Empire Awards speech, 2013
I want to thank Stanley Kubrick for the war room in “Dr. Strangelove,” Billy Wilder for C. C. Baxter in “The Apartment,” Kurosawa for the death of the king at the end of “Throne of Blood,” Martin Scorsese for panning a camera down an empty corridor in “Taxi Driver,” Joel and Ethan Coen for the last scene between Marge and Norm in bed at the end of “Fargo,” Paul Thomas Anderson for the deafening of H. W. Plainview in “There Will Be Blood,” Bergman for the visit of Bibi Andersson to Liv Ullmann in the dead of night in “Persona,” Francis Coppola for the killing of Fredo Corleone in “The Godfather II,” David Fincher for the first scene in “The Social Network,” Bob Fosse for the audition sequence at the beginning of “All That Jazz,” Quentin Tarantino for Christopher Walken’s speech about the watch in “Pulp Fiction,” Woody Allen for the fireworks over “Manhattan,” Clint Eastwood for making it rain at the end of “Unforgiven,” Michael Powell for the moment Moira Shearer steps into the ballet of “The Red Shoes,” David Lynch for the car journey with Frank Booth in “Blue Velvet,” Mike Nichols for Benjamin in the swimming pool in “The Graduate,” François Truffaut for the moment the boy looks into the lens at the end of “400 Blows,” and Wim Wenders for the moment Harry Dean Stanton sees Nastassja Kinski after all those years at the end of “Paris, Texas.”
MUBI [7 days free via Apple TV+]
Pacifiction (diplomat, French Polynesia
The Settlers (Chile)
FIND
The Last Film Show (India, Julie Sutherland rec)
Looking for Eric (Ken Loach) depressed postman's conversations with Eric Cantona
Porcelain War (Rosie rec, Ukrainian pottery)
A Midnight Clear (Ethan Hawke)
GONE
Blinded By The Light (2019) (Apple TV+ buy $12.99) *
Broken Circle Breakdown (DW: "mega sad". Belgian, bluegrass music)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (rec Anthony Forkush)
Cold Case Hammarskjold HOOPLA MUBI
The Gods of Times Square
Living
Maestro (Daniel Revill #8, 2023)
Marlowe
The Mass Is Ended *
Memory
Norah's Will (Mexico, rec Geoff Cowper)
One Life
The Road Dance (rec Michael Hart, Scottish small town w/ music)
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
*
The Mass Is Ended (1985, Italy, Nanni Maretti)
"A young priest, Don Giulio, struggles to maintain his faith. Having been a radical college student in the 1960s, Don Giulio has now rejected his long hair and liberal ideals in favor of the church. He has himself transferred to his home parish, only to discover the church empty and the town indifferent. Meanwhile, Don Giulio’s friends from his radical days begin popping up with their lives in serious disarray. Don Giulio seeks solace with his beloved family, but his family too is in chaos. The director's follow-up, The Son's Room, was a stunner." VIFF
The Promised Land
an old-fashioned epic, a settler Western unfolding on the barren heaths of Denmark rather than the American frontier. Mads Mikkelsen is a longtime soldier seeking the favor of the Danish crown by cultivating a harsh landscape. Kahlen cobbles together a ragtag crew of waifs and cast-offs, and goes to bitter battle with a preening local lord.
The Settlers
In 1893, Segundo, a Chilean mestizo, an English army captain, and an American mercenary embark on an expedition on horseback to reclaim the lands that the State has granted to José Menéndez. What appears to be an administrative expedition turns into a violent hunt for Onas, the natives of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
The Shadowless Tower
This quiet but sweeping drama, a winsome tribute to the old quarters of Beijing, their narrow streets and hole-in-the-wall eateries. a rumpled, middle-aged food critic, is the soulful center of the film, while Huang Yao gamely plays the young photographer who coaxes him out of his stasis.
Monday, June 19, 2023
SOUL FOOD MOVIES INDEX
As I went, I posted the various pieces on this blog. Here are links to most of those. I've also added titles of other "soul food" movies I didn't manage to write about then, or that I've discovered since - but because I haven't written about them, they won't have links.
These aren't necessarily the greatest or most-recommended movies that have some sort of soul food angle. They're just the ones I got to before I had to abandon the project. But there are a lot of my own personal favourites in the mix. I'll boldface those, just so you know.
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| It only makes sense when you look at it backwards. Too bad we got to live it forwards. |
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, USA, Stanley Kubrick, screenplay with Arthur C. Clarke, from Clarke’s “The Sentinel”)
21 Grams (2003, USA, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
(also here)
3 Godfathers (1948, USA, John Ford)
49 Up (2005, UK, Michael Apted)
49th Parallel (1941, UK, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger screenplay, Ralph Vaughan Williams score)
ABOUT A BOY (2002, UK/USA/France/Germany, Chris & Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges screenplay, Nick Hornby novel)
ABOUT SCHMIDT (2002, USA, Alexander Payne, Louis Begley novel)
Acts of the Apostles ("Atti degli apostoli" 1969, Italy/France/Germany/Spain/Tunisia, Roberto Rossellini)
ADAM'S APPLES (“Adams æbler” 2005, Denmark/Germany, Anders Thomas Jensen)
The Addiction (1995, USA, Abel Ferrara, Nicholas St. John screeplay)
AFTER LIFE (“Wandafuru raifu” 1998, Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Agnes of God (1985, USA, Norman Jewison, John Pielmeier play and screenplay)
Amadeus (1984, USA, Milos Forman, Peter Shaffer play and screenplay)
Amen. (2002, France/Germany, Costa-Gavras)
AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999, USA, Sam Mendes)
Amistad (1997, USA, Steven Spielberg)
...And God Spoke (1993, USA, Arthur Borman)
Angel-A (2005, France, Luc Besson)
Amazing Grace (2006, UK/USA, Michael Apted)
Amelie (“Le Fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain” 2001, France, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Anchoress (1993, Belgium/UK, Chris Newby)
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| I'll never paint again. Because it's of no use to anyone. That's all. |
ANDREI RUBLEV (“The Passion According To Andrei” 1966, USSR, Andrei Tarkovsky)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938, USA, Michael Curtiz)
Antkeeper (1966, USA, Rolf Forsberg)
Apocalypto (2006, USA, Mel Gibson)
The Apostle (1997, USA, Robert Duvall)
Around The Bend (2004, USA, Jordan Roberts)
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| I am very, very sorry for the terrible distress that I have caused you. I am very, very sorry... |
AU HASARD BALTHAZAR ("Balthazar, By Chance" 1966, France, Robert Bresson)
Auto Focus (2002, USA, Paul Schrader)
Babette's Feast (“Babettes gæstebud” 1987, Denmark, Gabriel Axel, Isak Dinesen story)
BAD LIEUTENANT (1992, USA, Abel Ferrara)
Barabbas (1962, Italy, Richard Fleischer, Christopher Fry screenplay, Par Lagerkvist novel)
BARCELONA (1994, USA, Whit Stillman)
Barabbas (1962, Richard Fleischer, Christopher Fry screenplay from Par Lagerkvist novel)
Becket (1964, UK/USA, Peter Glenville, Jean Anouilh play)
THE BELIEVER (2001, USA, Henry Bean)
Ben-Hur (1959, USA, William Wyler, Karl Tunberg screenplay from Lew Wallace novel)
THE BIG COUNTRY (1958, USA, William Wyler)
The Big Fisherman (1959, USA, Frank Borzage, Lloyd C. Douglas novel)
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| We talked about Christ. About Christ! Did you mention what line of industrial lubricant Jesus uses? |
BIG NIGHT (1996, USA, Stanley Tucci & Campbell Scott)
The Big Lebowski (1998, USA, Joel and Ethan Coen)
Bill Cunningham New York (2010, USA, Richard Press)
Black Robe (1991, Canada/Australia, Bruce Beresford, Brian Moore screenplay/novel)
Blade Runner (1982, USA, Ridley Scott)
Black Snake Moan (2007, USA, Craig Brewer)
Blood Simple (1984, USA, Joel & Ethan Coen)
Book of Life (1998, France/USA, Hal Hartley)
The Bourne Identity / Supremacy / Ultimatum (2002/2004/2007, USA, Doug Liman / Paul Greengrass)
Breach (2007, USA, Billy Ray)
Breaking The Waves (1996, Denmark, Lars von Trier)
BROADCHURCH: SEASON 1 (2013, UK, Chris Chibnall etc)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984, USA, Woody Allen)
BROOKLYN (2015, UK/etc, John Crowley)
BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON (1972, Italy/England, Franco Zeffirelli, screenplay with Lina Wertmuller)
Bruce Almighty (2003, USA, Tom Shadyac)
Bull Durham (1988, USA, Ron Shelton)
The Camden 28 (2007, USA, Anthony Giacchino)
Cat People (1942, USA, Jacques Tourneur, Val Lewton / DeWitt Bodeen screenplay)
Cat People (1982, USA, Paul Schrader, screenplay w/ Alan Ormsby, DeWitt Bodeen story)
THE CELEBRATION ("Festen" 1998, Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg)
Central Station (“Central do Brasil” 1998, Brazil/France, Walter Salles)
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| Sometimes God likes to put two guys in a paper bag and just let ‘em rip. |
CHANGING LANES (2002, USA, Roger Michell)
CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981, UK, Hugh Hudson)
Children of Men (2006, UK/USA, Alfonso Cuaron, P.D. James novel)
Chocolat (2000, USA/UK, Lasse Hallström)
The Chosen (1981, USA, Jeremy Kagan)
Close-Up ("Nema-ye Nazkid" 1990, Iran, Abbas Kiarostami)
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| I decided I needed a complete make-over, except this time I'd make-over my soul. |
Cold Heaven (1990, USA, Nicolas Roeg, Brian Moore novel)
Le Confessionnal (1995, Canada, Robert Lepage)
Cool and Crazy ("Heftig Og Begeistret" 2001, Norway/Sweden, Knut Erik Jensen)
Cool Hand Luke (1967, USA, Stuart Rosenberg)
Copying Beethoven (2006, USA/Germany/Hungary, Agnieszka Holland)
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1989, USA, Woody Allen)
Cry, The Beloved Country (1995, South Africa / USA, Darrell Roodt, Alan Paton novel)
A Cry In The Dark (1988, Australia, Fred Schepisi)
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| You could learn a lot from children. They believe in things in the dark, although we tell them it's not so. Maybe we've been fooling them. |
Dancer in the Dark (2000, Denmark, Lars von Trier)
Day of Wrath (“Vredens dag” 1943, Denmark, Dreyer)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, USA, Robert Wise, screenplay Edmund H. North, story Harry Bates)
DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978, USA, Malick)
DEAD MAN WALKING (1995, USA, Robbins)
Dead Poets Society (1989, USA, Peter Weir)
Dear Wendy (2005, Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg, Lars von Trier screenplay)
The Death of Mr Lazarescu ("Moartea domnului Lazarescu" 2005, Romania, Cristi Puiu)
The Decalogue ("Dekalog" 1989, Poland, Kieslowski)
Le Diable Probablement ("The Devil Probably" 1977, France, Robert Bresson)
Diary of a Country Priest (1950, France, Bresson)
Divided We Fall ("Musime Si Pomohat" 2000, Czech Republic, Jan Hrbejk)
DOGVILLE (2003, Denmark/USA, von Trier)
Doubt (2008, USA, John Patrick Shanley)
THE DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS (France, 1998, Erick Zonka)
The Elephant Man (1980, USA, David Lynch)
The End Of The Affair (1955, UK, Dmytryk)
The End Of The Affair (1999, USA, Jordan)
Europa 51 (1952, Italy, Rossellini)
Everything Is Illuminated (2005, USA, Liev Schreiber, Jonathan Safran Foer novel)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005, USA, Scott Derrickson)
The Exorcist (1973, USA, William Friedkin)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (USA, 2000, Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato)
Fearless (1993, USA, Peter Wier)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971, USA, Norman Jewison)
FIELD OF DREAMS (1989, USA, Phil Alden Robinson, W.P. Kinsella novel)
Fight Club (1999, USA, David Fincher, Chuck Palahniuk novel)
Flatliners (1990, USA, Joel Schumacher)
The Flowers of St Francis (“Francesco, guillare di Dio” / “Francis, God’s Jester” 1950, Italy, Roberto Rossellini, screenplay with Federico Fellini)
Forgiveness (2004, South Africa, Gabriel)
Francesco (1989, Italy/Germany, Cavani)
Francis of Assisi (1961, USA, Curtiz)
The Fugitive (1947, USA/Mexico, John Ford)
The Funeral (1996, USA, Abel Ferrara)
Gates of Heaven (1980, USA, Errol Morris)
GEORGE WASHINGTON (2000, USA, David Gordon Green)
God Told Me To (“Demon” 1976, USA, Larry Cohen)
GODSPELL (1973, USA, Greene)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (1966, Italy, Pasolini)
The Gospel According to Vic ("Heavenly Pursuits" 1985, UK, Charles Gormley)
The Green Mile (1999, USA, Frank Darabont, from Stephen King novel)
The Green Ray ("Le Rayon verte" "Summer" 1986, France, Rohmer)
GROUNDHOG DAY (1993, USA, Harold Ramis)
Hail, Caesar! (2016, USA, Joel and Ethan Coen)
Hail Mary ("Je Vous Salue, Marie" 1985, France, Godard)
Hardcore (1979, USA, Schrader)
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| Do you ever visit the people you save? Are you crazy? Go visit her. The woman you almost saved. Never stop saving them. |
HAWAII, OSLO (2004, Norway, Erik Poppe)
Heaven (2002, Germany, Tom Tykwer, Kieslowski/Pieskowicz screenplay)
Hell House (2001, USA, Ratliff)
A HIDDEN LIFE (2019, USA, Terrence Malick)
The Hiding Place (1975, USA, Collier)
Higher Ground (2011, USA, Vera Farmiga, Carolyn S. Briggs memoir)
THE HOMESMAN (2014, USA, Tommy Lee Jones)
Homicide (1991, USA, David Mamet)
House of Sand and Fog
THE HUNT ("Jagten" 2012, Denmark/Sweden, Thomas Vinterberg)
I Confess (1953, USA, Alfred Hitchcock)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943, USA, Jacques Tourneur, Lewton/Siodmak/Wray screenplay)
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| Doesn’t it make you furious when they walk all over you this way? No. I can’t afford to hate people. I haven’t got that kind of time. |
In A Better World (2010, Denmark, Susanne Bier)
IN BRUGES (2008, UK/Belgium, McDonagh)
In Your Hands (2004, Denmark, Olesen)
Into Great Silence (2005, France, Gröning)
INTO THE WILD (2007, USA, Penn)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946, USA, Frank Capra)
Italian For Beginners (2000, Denmark, Scherfig)
Jacob's Ladder (1990, USA, Lyne)
Jesus Christ, Superstar (1973, USA, Jewison)
JESUS OF MONTREAL (1989, Canada, Denys Arcand)
Jesus Of Nazareth (1977, UK/Italy, Zeffirelli)
JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO (1990, USA, John Patrick Shanley)
The King (2005, USA/UK, James Marsh, w/ Milo Addica)
LADY BIRD (2017, USA, Greta Gerwig)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, USA, Gillespie)
The Last Days of Disco (1998, USA, Whit Stillman)
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988, USA, Scorsese)
The Last Wave (1977, Australia, Peter Wier)
Leon Morin, Priest (1961, France, Melville)
Lilies Of The Field (1963, USA, Nelson)
LOVE & MERCY (2014, USA, Bill Pohlad)
THE MATRIX (1999, USA, Wachowski)
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2005, USA, Andrew Adamason)
LITTLE CHILDREN (2006, USA, Todd Field, Tom Perrotta novel)
LONGFORD (2006, UK/USA, Tom Hooper, Peter Morgan screenplay)
The Lord Of The Rings (2001-2003, New Zealand/USA, Jackson)
Magnolia (1999, USA, P.T. Anderson)
A Man Escaped (1956, France, Robert Bresson)
A Man For All Seasons (1966, USA, Zinnemann)
A Man For All Seasons (1988, USA, Heston)
The Man Who Planted Trees ("L'homme qui plantait des arbes," 1987, Canada, Frederic Back
The Man Without A Past (2002, Finland, Kaurismaki)
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (2004, USA/UK, Michael Radford)
METROPOLITAN (1990, USA, Whit Stillman)
The Mill And The Cross (2011, Poland, Lech Majewski)
The Miracle Maker (2000, UK/USSR, Hayes/Sokolov)
THE MISSION (1986, UK, Roland Joffé)
LES MISERABLES (1998, UK/Germany/USA, Bille August)
LES MISERABLES DU VINGTIEME SIECLE (1995, France, Claud LeLouche)
Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien (1999, Belgium/Australia, Paul Cox)
Monsieur Vincent (1947, France, Cloche)
Monsignor Quixote (1987, UK, Bennett)
MOST ("The Bridge" 2003, USA, Bobby Garabedian)
MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S ("Ma Nuit chez Maud" 1969, France, Eric Rohmer)
The Neon Bible (1995, UK, Terence Davies)
NEITHER HEAVEN NOR EARTH (2015, France/Belgium, Clément Cogitore)
The New World (2005, USA, Terrence Malick)
The Night Of The Hunter (1955, USA, Charles Laughton)
The Ninth Day (2004, Germany, Volker Schlondorff)
Not Of This World ("Fuoiri Dal Mondo" 1999, Italy, Giuseppe Piccioni)
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| O Father, we ask that you deliver this woman from sin. Destroy it by the spirit of God. Heal her through and through, including her heart. Make her a new creature in Christ. |
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000, USA, Joel and Ethan Coen)
Of Gods and Men (2010, France, Xavier Beauvois)
On The Waterfront (1954, USA, Kazan)
Open City ("Roma, città aperta" Rome, Open City" 1946, Italy, Rossellini)
Open Your Eyes (“Abre los ojos” 1997, Spain/France/Italy, Alejandro Amenabar)
Ordet (1955, Denmark, Dreyer)
Ostrov ("The Island" 2006, USSR, Pavel Lungin)
The Painted Veil (2006, USA, John Curran, W. Somerset Maugham novel)
Paisan (1946, Italy, Rossellini)
Pale Rider (1985, USA, Clint Eastwood)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (“El Labertinto del fauno,” 2006, Mexico/Spain/USA, Guillermo del Toro)
Parable (1964, USA, Rolf Forsberg)
The Passion Of Joan of Arc (1928, France, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (2004, USA, Mel Gibson)
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| I don't know what all of this means, but it's got to mean something. Don't you see that? It makes sense. It's got to be a sign. |
Phone Booth (2002, USA, Joel Schumacher)
The Potting Shed (1961, USA, Paul Bogart, Graham Greene play)
Power and the Glory (1959, USA, Carmen Capalbo Graham Greene novel)
Power and the Glory (1961, USA, Marc Daniels, Graham Greene Novel)
The Princess and the Warrior ("Der Krieger und die Kaiserin" 2000, Germany, Tom Tykwer)
La Promesse ("The Promise" 1996, Belgium, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006, Gabriele Muccino, Steve Conrad screenplay)
The Quiet American (1958, USA, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Graham Greene novel)
The Quiet American (2002, USA/Germany/Australia, Phillip Noyce, Graham Greene novel)
The Rapture (1991, USA, Tolkin)
Requiem (2006, Germany, Hans-Christian Schmid)
Revanche (2008, Austria, Götz Spielmann)
A River Runs Through It (1992, USA, Robert Redford, Norman Maclean novella)
Romero (1989, USA, Duigan)
The Rookie (2002, USA, John Lee Hancock)
Rosetta (1999, Belgium, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
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| What can I do? What can I do? Come on. Help me. Please. Just this once. I'll keep on running, okay? I'm waiting... I'm waiting... I'm waiting... I'm waiting... |
The Sacrifice ("Offret" 1986, Sweden, Tarkovsky)
Saving Grace (1985, USA, Robert M. Young, Celia Gittelson novel)
SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993, USA, Steven Spielberg)
The Sea Inside ("Mar Adentro" 2004, Spain/France/Italy, Alejandro Amenabar, wr Amenabar & Mateo Gil)
A Serious Man (2009, USA, Coen)
The Seventh Seal (1956, Sweden, Bergman)
Shadowlands (1985, UK, Norman Stone, William Nicholson screenplay/stage play)
SHADOWLANDS (1993, UK, Richard Attenborough, William Nicholson screenplay/stage play)
Shane (1953, USA, George Stevens)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994, USA, Frank Darabont, Stephen King story)
Shotgun Stories (2007, USA, Nichols)
Signs (2002, USA, M. Night Shyamalan)
Silence (1971, Japan, Masahiro Shinoda)
SILENCE (2016, USA/Japan/etc, Martin Scorsese)
Silent Light (2007, Mexico, Reygadas)
THE SON ("Le Fils" 2002, Belgium, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
SON OF MAN (2006, South Africa, Mark Dornford-May)
The Song of Bernadette (1943, USA, King)
Songs From The Second Floor (2000, Sweden, Andersson)
SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS (2005, Germany, Rothemund)
Spartacus (1960, USA, Stanley Kubrick)
The Spitfire Grill (1996, USA, Lee David Zlotoff)
Stalked (1968, USA, Rolf Forsberg)
The Stand (1994, USA, Mick Garris, Stephen King teleplay from his own novel)
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| There's no writing on here. This ain't no will. Yes it is. It's the will of God. |
The Station Agent (2003, USA, Thomas McCarthy)
The Straight Story (1999, USA, David Lynch)
Strange Cargo (1940, Frank Borzage)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006, USA, Marc Forster)
Superman (1978, 1980, 2006)
Take Shelter (2011, USA, Jeff Nichols)
Tears of the Sun (2003, USA, Antoine Fuqua)
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| Before, praying seemed ridiculous. I used to say, “You pray to force God to give you things.” |
Ten Commandments (1923, USA, DeMille)
Ten Commandments (1953, USA, DeMille)
TENDER MERCIES (1983, USA, Beresford)
Thérèse (1986, France, Cavalier)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005, USA, Tommy Lee Jones)
The Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, White, Red ("Trois Coleurs: Blue, Blanc, Rouge" 1993-1994, Poland/France, Kieslowski)
THE THIRD MIRACLE (1999, USA, Agnieszka Holland, Richard Vetere novel)
Time of the Wolf ("Le Temps du loup" 2003, France/Austria/Germany, Michael Haneke)
To End All Wars (2001, USA, David L. Cunningham, Brian Godawa screenplay)
Tree of Life (2011, USA, Terrence Malick)
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962, France, Bresson)
The Trip To Bountiful (1985, USA, Masterson)
TRUE GRIT (2010, USA, Joel and Ethan Coen)
The Up Series (1964-present, UK, Michael Apted)
THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998, USA, Peter Weir)
Unforgiven (1992, USA, Eastwood)
USHPIZIN (2004, Israel, Giddi Dar)
Vanilla Sky (2001, USA, Cameron Crowe)
VANYA ON 42ND STREET (1994, USA, Malle/Gregory)
The Verdict (1982, USA, Lumet)
Voyage to Italy ("Viaggio in Italia" 1953, Italy, Rossellini)
WAKING NED DEVINE (1998, Ireland/UK/France/USA, Kirk Jones)
The Way (2010, Spain/USA, Emilio Estevez)
Whistle Down the Wind (1961, UK, Bryan Forbes)
The Wicker Man (1973, UK, Robin Hardy, Anthony Shaffer screenplay)
The Wicker Man (2006, USA, Neil LaBute)
WILL YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR (2018, USA, Morgan Neville)
WINGS OF DESIRE (1987, Germany, Wenders)
Wise Blood (1979, USA, John Huston, Benedict & Michael Fitzgerald from Flannery O'Connor novel)
Wit (2001, USA, Nichols, Margaret Edson stage play)
Witness (1985, USA, Weir)
THE WRONG MAN (1956, US, Alfred Hitchcock)
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THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY (1982, Australia, Peter Weir)
You Can't Take It With You (1938, USA, Frank Capra & 1984, USA, Kirk Browning & Ellis Rabb)






















