We all know what a papal conclave is, and the very basic mechanisms around which the event works. We know the purpose, the ...

Stunning, secretive, and quietly transfixing, “Conclave” is a masterful retelling of Robert Harris’ 2016 novel of the same title. Lengths of scarlet-red cloaks akin to “The Handmaid’s Tale” abound, as ...

“Conclave,” directed by Edward Berger and based on a novel ... leads his colleagues as they sequester themselves in the Sistine Chapel and begin the process of choosing a new papal leader. Just as in ...

The papal conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel. In order to become the next pope, a cardinal must earn two thirds of the vote, which is conducted by secret ballot. Also, only cardinals under the ...

Those of us old enough to remember the fall of 1979 will never forget the one month papacy of John-Paul I. Who would have believed a healthy looking pontiff would die only weeks after being ...

Production designer Suzie Davies tells IndieWire about blending Vatican grandeur with mundane modernity in Edward Berger's ...

If you are interested in a film about the Catholic Church that could have been written by the editorial board of the New York ...

American actress, who dons a habit for Edward Berger's papal thriller, discusses her Catholic education — and more ...

It’s a shrewd move to release Conclave, a slick drama about the election of a pope, less than two weeks before the most ...

“Conclave” was not an unconditional paean to the Catholic Church. It depicts clergy who sometimes fall prey to factionalism, simony and incontinence — as our clergy occasionally do. Nor was it a ...

Conclave,” the fictional thriller that outlines the Catholic process of selecting a new pope, does the audience the service of stating its intended message outright. In a controversial homily that ...