Tag: Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
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Francesco review – a baffling papal love-in
Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary on Pope Francis goes one further than the recent Wim Wenders film by discussing child abuse, but is still another baffling act of hagiographyPope Francis was recently bathed in movie love, courtesy of Fernando Meirelles’s The Two Popes, with its excellent performances from Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis, and Anthony Hopkins as…
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Wim Wenders on His Early Career, ‘Submergence’ and His Pope Francis Doc
In an eclectic career spanning half a century, Wim Wenders continues to channel the zeitgeist: his romantic thriller “Submergence” recently opened in the U.S. and his documentary “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word” is set to premiere at Cannes.Wenders helped define New German Cinema with his road-movie trilogy starting in 1974, “Alice in the…