UNITED STATES
Good Letters

By Kenneth R. Morefield.

Continued from yesterday. Read Part 1 here.

Coninuing yesterday’s list of films, here are five other films (ranked) the 2015 Arts & Faith Ecumenical Jury recommended for Christian audiences, plus a list of honorable mentions (unranked): …

4) Spotlight—Tom McCarthy
spotlight-movie-posterSpotlight is pervaded by incredulity, pain, and anger, laced with sadness and guilt. Working with a script co-written by Josh Singer, director Tom McCarthy brings precision and persuasive detail to a portrait of a specific time, place, and perspective: Boston, seen through the eyes of The Globe‘s Spotlight Team around the turn of the millennium, at a time when reporters and editors were long familiar with cases of “pedophile priests,” but couldn’t yet imagine the extent of the cover-up culture in the Catholic Church.

The film’s polemic is not entirely directed at the Church; lawyers, law enforcement, and, notably,…