Films from Ignatius Press about saints, popes, and Nazis

Steve Greydanus, editor and chief critic of DecentFilms.com, has put together his "best of the year" DVD picks for National Catholic Register. They include some DVDs distributed in North America by Ignatius Press:

Ignatius Press’ special edition of Bernadette (1988) is the must-have edition of Jean Delannoy’s biopic on the visionary of Lourdes, with the original French-language track and widescreen aspect ratio. Don’t miss it.

Ignatius also added two new titles to its list of Italian Lux Vide imports: Clare and Francis (2007), probably the best cinematic treatment of both of the saints of Assisi, and John XXIII: The Pope of Peace (2002), starring a believable Edward Asner as “the Good Pope.” Another noteworthy Ignatius offering is After the Truth (1999), a provocative “what if” story that imagines Nazi “Angel of Death” Joseph Mengele turning up alive and facing the trial he never had in life.

Here are the sites/pages for the movies above:

•  Bernadette
• Clare and Francis
• John XXIII: The Pope of Peace
• After the Truth

And here is a listing of all movies available from Ignatius Press.

Comments

[Jackson]

I recently saw Clare and Francis. Excellent.