Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist 

After Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) became a disappointment, Paul Schrader decided to release his originally rejected version of the same story, one that features the same sets and Stellan Skarsgård…

Exorcist: The Beginning 

In 1949, Lankester Merrin (Stellan Skarsgård), a former Catholic priest, takes part in the excavation of an ancient church in Kenya and finds that Satan is very much present there.…

Tristana: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Catherine Deneuve. Photo: Época Films When Luis Buñuel wanted to turn Benito Pérez Galdós's novel "Tristana" into a movie in 1962, his and Julio Alejandro's script was rejected. The same…

Becket: The Bishop Who Found God

Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole. Photo: Paramount When I told a friend recently that I had just seen Becket and that Richard Burton plays the Archbishop of Canterbury, he quickly…

Vicar of Dibley: The Gospel of Geraldine

Dawn French. Photo: BBC In 1994, there weren't many female vicars in Britain. For the Church of England, the subject was touchy. When The Vicar of Dibley premiered, featuring Dawn…

Ben-Hur: The Gospel of Judah

Charlton Heston. Photo: MGM The kind of film that starts with a five-minute overture, Ben-Hur is about as classic a 1950s Hollywood blockbuster as they come. Burt Lancaster was reportedly…

The Godfather III: Mea Maxima Culpa

Andy García and Al Pacino. Photo: Paramount If you are a die-hard fan of the Godfather films you are supposed to hate the third one, but I find that very…

Exorcist II: The Heretic 

Father Philip Lamont (Richard Burton) starts investigating what happened to Father Merrin (Max von Sydow); Regan (Linda Blair) survived his exorcism, but the demon remains inside of her. This sequel…

The Exorcism of Emily Rose 

Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), an attorney, is assigned a case where a Catholic priest (Tom Wilkinson) faces negligent homicide charges after a failed exorcism. This reality-based story tries to merge…