At the Cannes Film Festival six years ago, British producer Tessa Ross arranged a meeting with an emerging German-born filmmaker named Edward Berger. Ross — the Oscar-winning force behind 12 Years a ...

The title character, an American priest asked by the Vatican to investigate the sanctification of the pontiff who was proclaimed a saint in 2014, will be played by actor Mark Ruffalo. A painting of St ...

In Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it’s a petty, political campaign carried out in secrecy, where gossip flows, agendas are malleable and loyalties ...

One of the hottest gatherings of Hollywood stars in November is in Vatican City. From the "The Agony and the Ecstasy" in 1965, to Oscar contender "Conclave" in 2024, the holy city has long been a ...

(RNS) — Like a dark horse candidate for the papacy, the movie “Conclave,” a sort of papal procedural drama, has become a late favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture, possibly outlasting “Emilia ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday has resurrected interest in the 2024 mystery/thriller “Conclave,” nominated this year for a best picture Oscar. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Robert ...

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ROME — With Pope Francis a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, the plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican. How timely, then, that just across town in Rome, “ Conclave ” a ...

Ron Howard's forthcoming movie Angels & Demons could be facing a boycott by The Vatican. The centre of the Roman Catholic Church already banned the director from using its holy buildings for the ...