Conclave (2024)

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Promising a tell-all on just what happens after the Pope dies and a new one has to be chosen, Conclave soon starts to feel - from the way it's shot and the well-deployed music - like it might turn into a murder mystery thriller. Murder or not, there sure are a lot of secrets in the Vatican, and since the Catholic Church has a hierarchy, it's a sure bet the most ambitious of them are already cardinals and vying for the position using every political trick in the book. Great intrigue (audible gasps from theater goers) and Ralph Fiennes can do no wrong here as the man tasked with managing the election. Ultimately, this is about how the Church can maintain itself by either leaning on tradition or evolving with the times, and in that way, it's relevant to our current political landscape. It deals fairly with the Vatican's failures, but also makes a decent pitch as to its relevance and worth. My only complaint is the low saturation look, which makes the film dingier than it needed to be even with the windows shuttered for sequestration. 1 month ago

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