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The Most Spiritually Literate Films of:
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PEACE
Where Do We Go Now? - An inventive Lebanese film about the creative efforts of Christian and Muslim women in a small village to create peace and end religious hatred.
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Where Do We Go Now? - An inventive Lebanese film about the creative efforts of Christian and Muslim women in a small village to create peace and end religious hatred.
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QUESTING
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts - An intimate and well-acted drama about the technological tools in our lives and the quest of a young pregnant woman to reconcile with her long estranged mother.
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Small, Beautifully Moving Parts - An intimate and well-acted drama about the technological tools in our lives and the quest of a young pregnant woman to reconcile with her long estranged mother.
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SHADOW
Elena - A Russian domestic thriller set in Moscow where the gap between the rich and the poor has grown into an abyss.
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Elena - A Russian domestic thriller set in Moscow where the gap between the rich and the poor has grown into an abyss.
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SHADOW
Last Call at the Oasis - A tour de force documentary about the water crisis in America and the varied and sometimes shocking responses to it.
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Last Call at the Oasis - A tour de force documentary about the water crisis in America and the varied and sometimes shocking responses to it.
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TRANSFORMATION
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - A top-drawer dramady about a band of English retirees in India and the challenges and transformations they undergo.
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - A top-drawer dramady about a band of English retirees in India and the challenges and transformations they undergo.
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YEARNING
I Wish - A charming and inventive Japanese movie about wishes, questing, friendship, sibling solidarity, and the wonderful support of grandparents when we need them the most.
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I Wish - A charming and inventive Japanese movie about wishes, questing, friendship, sibling solidarity, and the wonderful support of grandparents when we need them the most.
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Recent Releases
JUSTICE
Inventing Our Life - An ethically rich and bold documentary on the 100 year old kibbutz movement in Israel.
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Inventing Our Life - An ethically rich and bold documentary on the 100 year old kibbutz movement in Israel.
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KINDNESS
Bernie - An inventive drama about a gregarious assistant funeral director in a small Texas town where he is widely cherished.
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Bernie - An inventive drama about a gregarious assistant funeral director in a small Texas town where he is widely cherished.
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LOVE
Darling Companion - A Lawrence-Kasdan directed dramody about how a lost dog helps a long-married couple find their way back to each other.
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Darling Companion - A Lawrence-Kasdan directed dramody about how a lost dog helps a long-married couple find their way back to each other.
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LOVE
The Five-Year Engagement - A comedy about the struggle of two people in love to keep their relationship alive as a work-in-progress.
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The Five-Year Engagement - A comedy about the struggle of two people in love to keep their relationship alive as a work-in-progress.
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LOVE
Goodbye First Love - A fine and fluid French drama about the enchantments of first love and the challenges of moving beyond it despite its beauty and meaning.
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Goodbye First Love - A fine and fluid French drama about the enchantments of first love and the challenges of moving beyond it despite its beauty and meaning.
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MEANING
Marley - An astonishing documentary charting the life and legacies of reggae superstar Bob Marley.
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Marley - An astonishing documentary charting the life and legacies of reggae superstar Bob Marley.
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NURTURING
Chimpanzee - A touching documentary about a nurturing male chimpanzee who adopts an orphan chimp.
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Chimpanzee - A touching documentary about a nurturing male chimpanzee who adopts an orphan chimp.
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YEARNING
Elles - An emotionally rich and nuanced performance by Juliette Binoche as a woman journalist experiencing a sexual crisis.
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Elles - An emotionally rich and nuanced performance by Juliette Binoche as a woman journalist experiencing a sexual crisis.
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Spirituality and Film
Befriending Films
Films for Black History Month: The spiritual perspectives of the 50 best films about African-Americans.
10 Spiritual Takes on Downton Abbey: How this television miniseries reveals us to ourselves.
Apes and Other Animals: See a collection of curated content for reframing our perceptions, attitudes, and actions to our fellow inhabitants of planet Earth.
Global Spirit: See our reviews and study suggestions for this 10-part series from LinkTV; many of the programs can be viewed online. Also, see the archive of live chats with guests on the series.
Iranian Films Seen from a Spiritual Perspective: Links to our reviews of 29 films from or about Iran giving many windows into everyday life and the people's cares and concerns.
Movies about Miracles: See quotes about miracles and our selection of 16 movies about miraculous events in the lives of ordinary people
Playing with God: Movies reveal how mere humans respond when God comes calling.
Meditating on The Passion of the Christ: links to our review, a meditation based on the stations of the cross and scenes from the movie, and reviews of 30 books about Jesus.
Joan of Arcadia: our review of the late and very missed series, the most spiritually literate shows ever on TV, plus executive producer Barbara Hall's Ten Commandments of Joan of Arcadia
The Decalogue: Polish film director Krzysztof Kieslowski's masterpiece: ten one-hour films about the Ten Commandments is now on video/DVD.
Lixin Fan:
Director of Last Train Home
Amir Bar-Lev:
Director of The Tillman Story
Philip Groning:
Director of Into Great Silence
Tim McCanlies:
Director of Secondhand Lions
Bahman Ghobadi:
Director of the Iranian film Turtles Can Fly
• Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion: images from the documentary about the plight of the Tibetan people
• Into Great Silence: the documentary about the Cathusian monks of Grand Chartreuse
• Films about Racism in America and the courageous people who have stood against it.
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