Tag Archives: confession

Benedetta (2021)

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writers: David Birke & Paul Verhoeven (Based on the book “Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy” by Judith C. Brown)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 2021, adaptation, anne dudley, benedetta, blessed virgin, catholic, catholicism, charlotte rampling, confession, convent, crucifix, daphne patakia, david birke, drama, foreign, gay, historical, history, immodest acts, italian, italy, jeanne lapoirie, jerome seydoux, job ter burg, lambert wilson, lesbian, michel merkt, nun, paul verhoeven, plague, said ben said, stigmata, trial, true story, virginie efira | Leave a comment

Belfast (2021)

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kenneth Branagh Writer: Kenneth Branagh

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2021, becca kovacik, belfast, black and white, bomb, caitriona balfe, catholic, church, ciaran hinds, confession, drama, family, haris zambarloukos, ireland, jamie dornan, jude hill, judi dench, kenneth branagh, laura berwick, lewis mcaskie, protestant, religion, school, tamar thomas, una ni dhonghaile, van morrison | Leave a comment

The Conformist (1970)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Writer: Bernardo Bertolucci (Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 1930s, 1970, adaptation, assassin, assassination, bernardo bertolucci, confession, coward, dominique sanda, drama, Fascism, fascist, foreign, france, georges delerue, giovanni bertolucci, honeymoon, Il conformista, italian, italy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, maurizio lodi-fe, murder, mussolini, paris, pierre clementi, political, politics, professor, rome, sex, stefania sandrelli, teacher, vittorio storaro, weak | Leave a comment

Calvary (2014)

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Michael McDonagh Writer: John Michael McDonagh

Posted in Crime, Drama | Tagged aidan gillen, brendan gleeson, calvary, catholic, chris o'dowd, church, confession, crime, death threat, domhnall gleeson, drama, dylan moran, father, ireland, john michael mcdonagh, kelly reilly, m. emmet walsh, murder, priest, revenge, threat | Leave a comment

I Confess (1953)

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: George Tabori and William Archibald (Based on a play by Paul Anthelme)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Review, Thriller | Tagged alfred hitchcock, anne baxter, brian aherne, church, confess, confession, crime, drama, george tabori, hitchcock, i confess, inspector, investigate, investigation, karl malden, montgomery clift, paul anthelme, police, priest, prime suspect, suspect, thriller, william archibald | Leave a comment

Don Jon (2013)

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Writer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt A good debut from writer/director Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He plays Jon, a New Jersey bartender who picks up girls, goes to church, has weekly dinner’s with him family, works out, and compulsively watches porn. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance | Tagged 2013, addiction, brie larson, church, comedy, confession, dime, don jon, drama, glenne headly, gym, jeremy luke, joseph gordon-levitt, julianne moore, new jersey, porn, porn addiction, pornography, rob brown, romance, romantic comedy, Scarlett Johansson, sex, tony danza | Leave a comment

Fracture (2007)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gregory Hoblit Writers: Daniel Pyne and Glenn Gers (Story by Daniel Pyne)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2007, anthony hopkins, attorney, california, case, confession, cop, crime, criminal, daniel pyne, david strathairn, drama, engineer, fiona shaw, fracture, glenn gers, gregory hoblit, lawyer, lieutenant, los angeles, murder, police, prosecution, rosamund pike, ryan gosling, thriller, trial, zoe kazan | Leave a comment