Letter From a Priest (2021)

1964年、アイルランド、ダブリン。マグダレン修道院に、時を同じくして3人の少女が収容される。孤児バーナデットはその美しさで周囲の少年たちの目を惹きつけてしまうことが、マーガレットは従兄弟にレイプされたことが、そしてローズは未婚のまま赤ん坊を産んだことがそれぞれ“罪”とされたのだった。彼女たちは、修道院を管理する修道女たちに性悪女と決めつけられ、祈りと労働によって神に奉仕し“罪”を悔い改めるよう言われるのだった。しかしそこで彼女たちを待っていたのは、過酷な労働と自由の一切ない刑務所以上に非人間的な環境だった。

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.

Driven by simple curiosity, I did some investiagative reporting and found out some surprising things about the Catholic Church...

　カトリックとプロテスタントの争いが激化する、16世紀のイングランド。エリザベスは、腹違いの姉で、彼女をロンドン塔に幽閉したメアリー女王の崩御後、世継ぎとして弱冠25歳の若さでイングランド女王に即位する。エリザベスには愛する恋人ダドリーがいたが、女王の立場は関係の緊迫した隣国との政略結婚を迫る。様々な謀略が渦巻き絶えず命を狙われるエリザベス。そんな苦悩が続く中、カトリックの最高権力・ローマ法王による謀反計画を知ったエリザベスは、対抗権力の粛清を行う。

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

ごく平凡な人生を送っていた男オ・デスは、意識を取り戻すと、狭い監禁部屋にいた。その後15年間、理由も分からないまま監禁され続け突然解放される。いったい誰が！？何の目的で！？若い女性ミドの助けを借りて復讐を誓うデスのもとに現れた謎の男ウジン。彼はデスに5日間で監禁の理由を解き明かせと、お互いの命を賭けた「ゲーム」をもちかける。そこには想像を絶する、恐るべき策略がめぐらされていた…。

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.

The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.

A chronicle of an eccentric Italian-American family in New York City in the 1950's and 60's. Young Teresa dreams of joing the convent, over the objections of her family.

It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.

1917, a beautiful apparition of Our Lady forever alters the lives of three children: Lucinda, Jacita and Francisco who lived in Villa Fatima in Portugal.

This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He's even more unprepared for the romance that develops between his favorite daughter, Maureen, and the Scottish cop who takes over his beat.

A figure skater seeks wisdom from a local sage to cure her diabetes.

A thriller about the dark and dangerous secrets shared by a 12 year old boy, his new teacher and the school principal, a catholic priest. Months after the death of his father, Simon (12) discovers the affair his Mother (Sarah) is having with a charming but enigmatic new teacher (Mario). The boy discovers the teacher's intentions and his dark secrets, but with his mother in love, it seems there is nothing he can do to show her that their lives are in danger.

Three women — a young coed, a forty-something single mother, and one a senior-aged widow — meet in the sauna of the local gym, where they gradually get to know one another and bond over their respective trials and tribulations.

The contemporary story of a priest who launches a centre for troubled youth in a small parish. He is a good priest and is well-liked by his congregation, which remains unaware of his complicated past.

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

When an aged man feels the need to confess to the new catholic priest, his gay lover of many years is hurt and upset.

ごく平凡な若い女性がヒッチハイカーを車に乗せたことから、次々に事件に捲き込まれていくというサスペンス映画。製作はトマス・Ｌ・ミラーとエドワード・Ｋ・ミルキス、監督・脚本は「大陸横断超特急」の脚本を手がけたコリン・ヒギンズ、撮影はデイヴィッド・Ｍ・ウォルシュ、音楽はチャールズ・フォックス、編集はヘンブローク・Ｊ・ハーリング、製作デザインはアルフレッド・スイーニーが各々担当。出演はゴールディー・ホーン、チェビイ・チェイス、バージェス・メレディス、レイチェル・ロバーツ、ユージン・ロッシュ、ダドリー・ムーア、マリリン・ソコル、ブライアン・デネヒー、チャック・マッカン、ビリー・バーティ、シリル・マグニンなど。