Tag: John Lithgow

ConclaveYear: 2024Rating: PGLength: 120 minutes / 2.00 hours While I’m not Catholic myself, the process of selecting a new pope is fascinating. There’s so much secrecy behind the event that it’s difficult to know what goes on behind closed doors since all the public really sees is either black or white smoke outside the Vatican. I initially thought little this film until it was nominated for Best Picture, but once I saw it, Conclave (2024) became one of my favorites for the year, partly because it perfectly captures similar political turmoil elsewhere in the world. Perhaps my love of Conclave comes from the pageantry of the whole thing. It’s all serious and ceremony, but the little cracks in the façade start to appear as scandals and twists are revealed to the audience. Considering all the drama around the Catholic Church (Spotlight (2015) or Doubt (2008) anyone?), I was glad to see this movie address many of the issues that currently challenge this...