Robert Harris had just completed a trilogy of novels about Cicero when he watched the election of Pope Benedict live on television. As a chronicler of power and its mutations, the scene — the Sistine ...

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Sleek, confident and peppered with delicious portraits in pursuit, deceit and evasion, the carnival of papal intrigue known ...

However, as Conclave rolls into its third act, a dark horse presents itself in the papal race and we get a twist I did not ...

The pacing of the script (by Peter Straughan, who wrote the 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) is expertly machined to provide a ...

The penalty for betting on the identity of the next pope was excommunication. Five centuries later, the urge to bet on ...

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A review of Conclave, starrting Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, opening in select theatres on Friday,5, 2024.

The “English Patient” actor was preparing for his next role, as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the pope drama, and wanted to spend time with the real deal.

It comes with a possibly career-best performance by Ralph Fiennes; a large, expert cast of cagey pros; the assured pace of a thriller; and a final twist that even those know-it-alls in heaven won’t ...

The film, directed by Edward Berger (“All Quiet on the Western Front”), captures all the grandeur, tradition and intrigue of the selection process for a new pope.

Just wait till you see a bunch of catty Catholic cardinals vie to be the next pope in “Conclave.” Director Edward ...