By Mark Pattison The famed 805km Camino trek from southern France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, takes pilgrims about a month or a bit more, depending on the pace, the pilgrim's fitness, any hurts sustained along the way, sightseeing and the like. But bringing a film about the Camino to viewers took filmmaker Lydia Smith five years. Smith did her filming in the spring of 2009 on...

By John Mulderig Parents looking for acceptable Easter-break entertainment for the kids will probably be satisfied with the lightweight, animated adventure Home (Fox). Whether viewers young or old will remember anything about this merely passable picture by the time Pentecost rolls around, however, is another question. At the centre of the movie's unimpeachable - if uninspired - pr...

It is axiomatic that you cannot tell a book by its cover. But in the case of Mannix – Brenda Niall’s splendid new biography of Archbishop Mannix – the dust jacket certainly tells a lot about Daniel Mannix and the challenges facing his biographers.

Teenagers are still on the run, when they’re not too busy killing one other, in The Divergent Series: Insurgent, the follow-up to last year’s kick-off of the futuristic franchise.

Cinderella (Disney) injects vibrant new life into a venerable fairy tale. The result is an exuberant live-action retelling of the oft-filmed fable, the most famous screen version of which is Disney’s classic 1950 animated feature.

Based on its ingratiating surface, the comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel might be categorised as the sort of film that, while safest for adults, could also be appropriate, at a stretch, for well-grounded teens.

The Lithuanian Community of Perth last month gathered together in celebration of the 100th birthday of North Perth resident and long-time St Francis Xavier East Perth parishioner Marija Stankevicius.

More than most heist movies, the flimsy crime drama Focus (Warner Bros) glamorises wrongdoing. Add to that the lax sexual morals and gritty vocabulary of its characters, and the resulting package can be considered suitable for very few.

St Gerard Majella Parish in Mirrabooka recently lost one its most treasured parishioners, Christina Lauretta Boudville. A devout Catholic and longstanding member of the parish, Mrs Boudville passed away on 4 February 2015 surrounded by her loving family.

Catholic readers will be taken into the collection God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes and deeply into themselves, finding spiritual nourishment in the continuing faith of descendants of Jewish survivors of the Shoah and their determination to affirm their Jewishness and to dedicate their lives to helping others.