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Tenzing takes us to the top of the world
“Tenzing” is the inspiring tale of one of the most important mountain climbers in history who, with Edmund Hillary, became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Source: Australian Catholics.
Italian romantic comedy leaves a sweet taste
“Holy Cannoli” is a delicious film. Full of pastries oozing crema, the glories of Sicily, the trials and tribulations of love, commentary on how to be a good Catholic and the visionary appearance of a pope. Source: Australian Catholics.
Raising the alarm on social media platforms
In “The Social Reckoning”, a young Facebook engineer enlists the help of a journalist to blow the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets. Source: Australian Catholics.
Pretentious, bombastic, melodramatic … don’t miss it
In “Digger”, the most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s saviour before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything. Source: Australian Catholics.
Visionary architect crushed by bureaucracy and his own ego
“The Great Arch” tells the story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen, who surprised the world when he won an open-call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand. Source: Australian Catholics.
Maigret solves murder in a charming, French way
In “Maigret and the Dead Lover”, a commissioner investigates the murder of a former ambassador and its connection to a decades-long affair with a recently-widowed princess. Source: Australian Catholics.
Tender drama examines the philosophy of care
In “All of a Sudden”, a nursing home manager’s friendship with a terminally-ill theatre director deepens her commitment to her residents’ dignity. Source: Australian Catholics.
Intense family drama with a secret at its heart
This British drama’s Internet Movie Database synopsis of & Sons, “A writer tries to reconnect with his sons”, must be one of the mightiest understatements of a synopsis. This is an intense drama, centred on one of Bill Nighy’s most outstanding performances. Source: Australian Catholics.
Bees, bluegrass and a magnetic McConaughey
In ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’, a beekeeper, musician and anchor of his community reunites with his former foster daughter and fends off threats to his honey business. Source: Australian Catholics.