The Ides of MarchDirected by George Clooney (Columbia Pictures, 2011)As the title suggests, George Clooney’s cynical drama about a presidential campaign is a tale of loyalties and betrayals, both personal and political, and of the hollow victories achieved through these various treasons.In the days and weeks leading up to the Democratic primary in Ohio, each of the three central characters espouse

Directed by Lee Fulkerson (Monica Beach Media, 2011)Lee Fulkerson’s version of an old medical joke would go something like this.

Directed by Matt Leonard (A Word on Fire/Picture Show Films Production, 2011)Father Robert Barron, a Chicago priest who has appeared often in the pages of this magazine, finally brought his years-in-the-making Catholicism Project to public TV this fall.