The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) – commonly referred to as the Mormon Church – has a vibrant and expansive missionary program. Young people between 18 and 24 years…
Tag: Faith
When a film claims – not once but thrice, that it is not islamophobic, there is no way on earth that it isn’t. Similarly, when a film tries to shoe-horn time and…
A 9-year-old orphan named Tulsa (Livi Birch) is one of those teen-prodigies who lives and acts older than her age. Before being rescued by the police from her abusive foster mother, she…
In Jan Komasa’s Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało), a 20-something who has been recently released from juvenile prison becomes the unaccounted priest of a grieving town. His unconventional ways prove to uplift the…
The coming-of-age subgenre has seen numerous transformation through the years. Independent films from all over the world have especially taken up the theme of growing up with ultimate grace and sincerity –…
Adapted from renowned Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo’s 1966 novel, Masahiro Shinoda’s The Silence (aka “Chinmoku”, 1971) is set in 17th Century Japan, when the Japanese shoguns banned the worshiping of Christian God.…
