Disclosure One: I have not seen the recently released R-rated film about Padre Pio. Disclosure Two: I refuse to ever watch the film. The reason for my refusal is that the film contains a sexualized ...

A documentary drama about the beloved 20th-century friar St. Pio of Pietrelcina, affectionately known as Padre Pio, will be making its television debut on EWTN on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET. Co-produced by ...

The star is an odd fit for the title figure in a muddled mix of religious biopic and Italian class-struggle drama. This German co-production opens with LaBeouf’s shaggy figure arriving via donkey at ...

The official Padre Pio release date has been set in a new trailer. The upcoming Abel Ferrara film stars Shia LeBeouf in his return to acting. According to the latest trailer for the upcoming film, the ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Long notorious as the wild man of American cinema, director Abel Ferrara moved more than 20 years ago to Italy, where he has ...

LaBeouf stars as famed monk Padre Pio in the Gravitas Ventures film, set during the end of World War I. Shia LaBeouf is washing away his sins in the biopic of real-life monk Padre Pio. The eponymous ...

Director Abel Ferrara gestures during an interview with the Associated Press on his latest movie "Padre Pio" in Rome, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. Abel Ferrara, whose gritty New York exploitation films of ...

The historical drama will get a North American premiere at the northern California festival after a Venice debut. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The Mammoth Film Festival is set to open with ...

"It feels like a sin to question these things, it feels like a sin to be angry with the Lord." Gravitas Ventures has revealed an official trailer for Padre Pio, a new film from American director Abel ...

Shia LaBeouf plays the title character in this period piece, and his face dominates the promotional material, but the latest film from the ridiculously prolific Abel Ferrara, now into his 70s, is ...

Abel Ferrara says casting Shia LaBeouf as Padre Pio, the Italian monk who gained rock-star status among the Catholic faithful, coincided with a point in the actor’s life “where he connected very ...

Actor Shia LaBeouf said he converted to Christianity while shooting his upcoming film “Padre Pio” and has become a member of the Roman Catholic Church. LaBeouf revealed his conversion in an interview ...