soul food movies

Okay, nothing much to do with holiness here, unless you count the spirit of saints John, Paul, George and Ringo. But what a trip, man! Dir...

FLATLINERS (1990, USA, Joel Schumacher, Peter Filardi screenplay) Philosophy failed. Religion failed. Now it's time for medical science ...

PHONE BOOTH (2002, USA, Joel Schumacher, Larry Cohen screenplay) Confess your sins and beg for absolution. Roger Ebert calls it a religious ...

GOD TOLD ME TO (AKA “Demon” 1976, USA, Larry Cohen) Cure a man and you impress a few people who already believe anyway. Kill a multitude an...

BLOOD SIMPLE (1984, USA, Joel & Ethan Coen) Thought you were dead. You goin' home? No. I'm staying right here in hell. Kind of a...

AUTO FOCUS (2002, USA, Paul Schrader, Michael Gerbosi screenplay from Robert Graysmith’s book) Biopic of Bob Crane, head hero on “Hogan’s He...

AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (1972, Italy, Roberto Rossellini) Christians do not denounce the arts, letters, music. Nor do they deny history. They say...

ANCHORESS (1993, Belgium/UK, Chris Newby, Judith Stanley-Smith / Christine Watkins screenplay) Story of 14th century virgin who walls hersel...

AMELIE (“Le Fabuleux destin d’Amelie Poulain” 2001, France, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant screenplay) It's better to help people...

Right when I woke up to the gospel, we're talking grade eleven, I was waking up to theatre and music at the same time, so I found myself...

THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE from "Hollywood & The Catholic Church" by Les & Barbara Keyser; "The most dramatic ...

CHOCOLAT (2000, USA/UK, Lasse Hallström, Robert Nelson Jacobs screenplay, Joanne Harris novel) We can't go around measuring our goodness...

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (2005, USA, Andrew Adamason, screenplay with Ann Peacock / Christopher Markus / S...

CLUELESS (1995, USA, Amy Heckerling) I decided I needed a complete make-over, except this time I'd make-over my soul. “Emma” in Beverly ...

Intriguing companion piece to THE CAMDEN 28, which is forthcoming. This 2002 film is only 45 minutes, though, so as highly praised as it is...

CHILDREN OF MEN (2006, UK/USA, Alfonso Cuaron, screenplay with Timothy Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, from the P.D. Jame...

CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981, UK, Hugh Hudson, Colin Welland) “All nations before him are as nothing They are counted to him less than nothing...

CHANGING LANES (2002, Roger Michell, Chap Taylor / Michael Tolkin screenplay) Sometimes God likes to put two guys in a paper bag and just le...

THE BELIEVER (2001, USA, Henry Bean, from a Mark Jacobson story) I'm the only one who does believe. I see him for the power-drunk madman...

THE CELEBRATION ("FESTEN," 1998, Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg, with Mogens Rukov) "At the feast of fools humour can sometimes b...