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Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Conclave' true in spirit to papal elections: Entertainment editor
(NewsNation) — The fictional 2024 thriller 'Conclave,' a movie about the intrigue-filled election of a new pope, is finding a new life on streaming platforms following the death of Pope Francis. As cardinals gather in Rome to determine the Catholic Church's next leader, some may wonder: How realistic is the Oscar-winning film? Deadline executive editor Dominic Patten is no insider to papal elections but said 'Conclave' appears to be true in spirit, if not in every detail, to the conclave process. 'From what I've heard, it got things about as right as you can if you're telling a movie,' Patten told 'NewsNation Prime' on Saturday. 'It's trying to tell a story in around two hours, and so they need drama … to get you there.' Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called 'Aldeas — A New Story' He noted that Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, the former archbishop of Boston who participated in the last conclave, said the movie did not reflect his experience. 'He talked about a much more contemplative, introspective process,' Patten said. Tellingly, he added, the Vatican has not criticized the film. Either way, Patten said, the public seems eager to get some insight into the mysterious process of selecting a new pope. 'This gives us, as much as we can get, a window into one of the most important, yet still incredibly secretive, elections that happen in the world,' he said. The critically acclaimed 'Conclave,' which stars Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, is based on the best-selling novel by Rober Harris. Earlier this year, the film won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Martin Scorsese Got One of Pope Francis' Final Interviews
Martin Scorsese will produce a new documentary featuring an on-camera interview with Pope Francis that was recorded at Vatican City in December, a few months before the pope died at the age of 88. The film, 'Aldeas — A New Story,' is about the worldwide cultural project developed by Scholas Occurrentes, a global educational movement founded by Francis in 2013, the same year he was elected pope. Communities around the world will create scripts for short films that highlight their identities, histories and values. Snippets of the conversation between the pope and Scorsese will be interwoven into the film, which does not have a release date. In a statement on Wednesday, Scorsese said it was important to Francis for 'people across the globe to exchange ideas with respect while also preserving their cultural identity, and cinema is the best medium to do that.' Before the pope's death, Francis called 'Aldeas' a poetic project because it 'goes to the roots of what human life is.' The project punctuates a long relationship between the pope and Scorsese, whose work has sometimes been religious in nature. When 'The Last Temptation of Christ' was released in 1988, it drew protests and outrage from religious groups. In 2016, Scorsese met with Francis to discuss his movie 'Silence,' a drama about a Portuguese Jesuit priest who heads to 17th-century Japan, where Christians are persecuted. They met again in 2023, when Scorsese announced he would make another film about Jesus. The director's most recent project, 'Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints,' dramatizes the lives of eight Catholic saints. When Francis died, Scorsese said in a statement to Variety that he was lucky to have known him and that his loss for the world was immense. 'He had an ironclad commitment to the good,' Scorsese said. 'He knew in his soul that ignorance was a terrible plague on humanity. So he never stopped learning. And he never stopped enlightening.'
Times
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Pope Francis's final interview to feature in Martin Scorsese documentary
The American film director Martin Scorsese is producing a documentary he made with Pope Francis after the two men forged a friendship based on their shared faith and love of cinema. Francis, who died last month, is interviewed by Scorsese in the film Aldeas — A New Story, which will investigate the work of Scholas Occurrentes, a youth organisation founded by the late pope in 2013, with the aim of promoting film-makers around the world. The documentary will feature those from Indonesia, Italy and the Gambia. • Who will be the next pope? The candidates to succeed Francis 'It was important to Pope Francis for people across the globe to exchange ideas with respect while also preserving their cultural identity, and cinema is the
NBC News
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called 'Aldeas — A New Story'
NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff's work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death. 'Aldeas — A New Story' will feature conversations between Pope Francis and Scorsese, including what the filmmakers say are the Pope's final in-depth on-camera interview for a film. The documentary will detail the work of Scholas Occurrentes, a non-profit, international organization founded by the pope in 2013 to promote the 'Culture of Encounter' among youth. Part of that organization's work has included filmmaking under the Aldeas initiative. The documentary will show young people in Indonesia, Italy and the Gambia participating in Aldeas and making short films. Aldeas Scholas Film and Scorsese's Sikelia Productions, which announced the documentary Wednesday, said the film is 'a testament to the enduring belief that creativity is not only a means of expression but a path to hope and transformation.' Before his death, Pope Francis called Aldeas 'an extremely poetic and very constructive project because it goes to the roots of what human life is, human sociability, human conflicts ... the essence of a life's journey.' No release date was announced for the film. 'Now, more than ever, we need to talk to each other, listen to one another cross-culturally,' Scorsese said in a statement. 'One of the best ways to accomplish this is by sharing the stories of who we are, reflected from our personal lives and experiences. It helps us understand and value how each of us sees the world. It was important to Pope Francis for people across the globe to exchange ideas with respect while also preserving their cultural identity, and cinema is the best medium to do that.' Scorsese met numerous times with Pope Francis over the years, and their conversations sometimes informed work undertaken by the 82-year-old filmmaker of 'The Last Temptation of Christ' and 'Silence.' After meeting with Pope Francis in 2023, Scorsese announced that he would made another film centered on Jesus, though that project — an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō's 'A Life of Jesus' — hasn't yet gone into production. Last fall, Scorsese produced an eight-part docudrama series for Fox Nation called 'Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints.'
Washington Post
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called 'Aldeas — A New Story'
NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff's work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death. 'Aldeas — A New Story' will feature conversations between Pope Francis and Scorsese, including what the filmmakers say are the Pope's final in-depth on-camera interview for a film. The documentary will detail the work of Scholas Occurrentes, a non-profit, international organization founded by the pope in 2013 to promote the 'Culture of Encounter' among youth.
