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Films, TV & Radio

Reviews & previews of Films, TV shows and Radio programs.


Martin Sheen, Jana Kramer star in Christmas drama

KOVA Releasing brings The One, an independent, Christmas drama starring Martin Sheen (The West Wing, Apocalypse Now, The Way), Jana Kramer (One Tree Hill) and Olivia Sanabia, to digital platforms across the UK and Ireland on 16 November 2026. Directed by Lisa Arnold and written by Erin Elizabeth Cook, The One follows Hawk (Noah Redclay), a young man who leaves the Chicago foster care system and se... Read More


The Miracle Doctor of Lourdes

Candlelit procession ICN/JS

Heart and Soul, on the BBC World Service recently broadcast this programme about Lourdes. Presenter John Laurenson to hears pilgrim stories and meets Dr Giana Monami whose job is to investigate imiracles. Her 'Bureau de Constatation' brings the cold analysis of science to claims of instant, otherwise-inexplicable, permanent healings. There have been 72 so far. Dr Monami talks about her investigati... Read More


Film: 'The Hundred Foot Journey'

The new Farm Street Film Club 26/27 Season kicks off this Thursday with a comedy drama, starring the always-watchable Helen Mirren in 'The Hundred Foot Journey'. The film is about a battle in a French village between two restaurants that are directly across the street from each other: a new Indian cuisine owned by an Indian emigrant family and an established French restaurant with a Michelin Star ... Read More


NAZA: Israeli officers admit to barbarism in Gaza

Israel has been committing a genocide in Gaza for three years - and those with the power to stop it have not done so, rather they have armed and abetted the genocide. So much we know. NAZA takes us to the executioners - 24 members of the IDF's elite intelligence corps. From the rooftops of Tel Aviv they impart their engagement in this carnage. The film's single word title is a euphemistic military... Read More


The Chosen Season Six official trailer launched

Today, October 15, Prime Video and 5&2 Studios unveiled the trailer for Season Six of the global phenomenon The Chosen. The new series premiers on November 15, 2026, in the US and internationally. The hour has come. Before the sun sets, Jesus of Nazareth will be dead. Season Six captures the historic events of Jesus' final day through the lives of those who love Him-and those who condemn Him.... Read More


Brilliant BBC drama exposes moribund nature of prison system

Official poster for Series 1

The brilliant BBC drama Time about a young persons detention centre raises questions about incarceration and the criminal justice system. Written by Jimmy McGovern and starring David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran, Time brings home the violence and terror of prison. The understaffing, meaning the prisoners end up locked in cells for 23 hours a day. This exasperates many already big problems with the... Read More


What Liam Neeson's new movie on Tuam Children's Home leaves out

Tuam convent garden - Screenshot

The Iona Institute reports: A new movie about Tuam Children's Home is just out. One of the producers is Liam Neeson and is called 'The Lost Children of Tuam'. It deals with Catherine Corless's quest to find out what happened to the children who spent time in the home, and in particular, how many died, why, and where they are buried. The movie places nearly all the blame on the Bon Secours Sisters ... Read More


NAZA filmmakers and their families face threats and harrassment

Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham

The filmmakers of NAZA, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, together with their families, have been facing severe legal threats, political retaliation, and aggressive far-right harassment in Israel. This backlash erupted immediately after their documentary, which uses interviews with Israeli military insiders to expose AI-powered civilian targeting in Gaza, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Inte... Read More


NAZA wins Special Jury Prize at 2026 Venice Film Festival

Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor during closing ceremony at the Festival

NAZA, a British film directed by Israel filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who made the Oscar-winning No Other Land last year, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 2026 Venice Film Festival. The film was the only documentary selected at this year's competition. It is chilling examination of Israel's use of AI-assisted systems in the killing of civilians in Gaza. The film looks at the techn... Read More


'Ignatio de Loyola' at Tim Hetherington Film Club

Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street Jesuit Centre, Mayfair. will be screening 'Ignatio de Loyola' next Thursday 27 August in the Arrupe Hall at 6.30pm for 7pm. Cost: no charge, free refreshments but donations are welcome 'If you could hear the voice of God, would you keep it a secret?' This modern and very human historical drama on the story of St.Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesui... Read More


Korean film wins Ecumenical Film Festival prize

The Korean film 'Nun Dul Dega Eomne' (Nowhere to Lay My Eyes) earned the prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, held 5-15 August. The Ecumenical Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded the prize, donated by the Evangelical Reformed Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland, to director Hong Sangsoo (South Korea). The film centres on a daughter's first v... Read More


Film: Ish

Ish, directed by Imran Perretta and co-written with Enda Walsh, tells the story of two friends Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and Maram (Yahya Kitana). At the beginning of their teenage years, their friendship is changed forever when Maram is traumatically snatched from the street in a stop and search. Set in Luton, the film is primarily about friendship, family, and coming of age. Juxtaposing the fathers ... Read More


Cinema Paradiso at Farm Street Film Club

The wonderful film: Cinema Paradiso is showing this Thursday, 30 July, at the Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street in the Arrupe Hall at 6.30 for 7pm. Cost: no charge, free refreshments but donations are welcome Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Cinema Paradiso is a 1988 coming-of-age comedy drama that has been credited as revitalizing the Italian film industry. Set in a small Sicil... Read More


Leo from Chicago - Documentary film

The Vatican Dicastery for Communication presents the documentary 'Leo from Chicago' with interviews, footage, and images that trace the history and explore the roots of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in his native United States, including in-depth interviews with his brothers Louis and John Prevost, friends, neighbours and colleagues. The film was produced by journalists Deborah Castell... Read More

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