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Exceptional research elevates Constantine's Sword from a talking heads documentary to a resonant and thought-provoking expose of the church's dark history.
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Jacoby and Carroll make their case skillfully, carefully excerpting key scenes from Lenny (with Dustin Hoffman doing a Lenny Bruce monologue on anti-Jewish prejudice) and The Robe. Aug 29, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
Jacoby and Carroll make their case skillfully, carefully excerpting key scenes from Lenny (with Dustin Hoffman doing a Lenny Bruce monologue on anti-Jewish prejudice) and The Robe.
John Hartl
Constantine's Sword speaks provocatively to history and our moment. May 30, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Constantine's Sword speaks provocatively to history and our moment.
Ty Burr
The breadth of Carroll's scholarship and the depth of his religious understanding strengthen his assertion that our misadventure in Iraq is the beginning of a new holy war. May 30, 2008 | Full Review…
The breadth of Carroll's scholarship and the depth of his religious understanding strengthen his assertion that our misadventure in Iraq is the beginning of a new holy war.
J. R. Jones
But I ramble. So does the movie, in an insidiously fascinating way. May 30, 2008 | Rating: 3/5
But I ramble. So does the movie, in an insidiously fascinating way.
Roger Ebert
Whatever your persuasion, you'll walk out enriched. May 23, 2008 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Whatever your persuasion, you'll walk out enriched.
Owen Gleiberman
The movie covers an immense amount of shameful historical ground, but the soft-spoken Carroll's mission is less about winning an argument than prodding true believers Apr 25, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The movie covers an immense amount of shameful historical ground, but the soft-spoken Carroll's mission is less about winning an argument than prodding true believers
Robert Abele
It's a film at once depressing and exhilarating. Aug 24, 2009 | Full Review…
It's a film at once depressing and exhilarating.
Rob Nelson
Absolutely stunning mixture of the personal story of a disillusioned Catholic priest and the sordid Christian history that drove him to cut his ties--all the while remaining deeply committed to the ethical vision of Jesus. Sep 8, 2008 | Full Review…
Absolutely stunning mixture of the personal story of a disillusioned Catholic priest and the sordid Christian history that drove him to cut his ties--all the while remaining deeply committed to the ethical vision of Jesus.
Louis Proyect
Less a history lesson than Carroll's personal odyssey through the opposing powers of church and state. Aug 29, 2008 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Less a history lesson than Carroll's personal odyssey through the opposing powers of church and state.
Bill White
Not precisely journalistic, as a personal chronicle writ large it is a stirring, richly intellectual work. Aug 29, 2008 | Full Review…
Not precisely journalistic, as a personal chronicle writ large it is a stirring, richly intellectual work.
Stan Hall
This exceedingly contemplative work is both topically important -- warning of what happens when military might and religious fervor are mixed -- and intellectually stimulating as all get out. Aug 28, 2008
This exceedingly contemplative work is both topically important -- warning of what happens when military might and religious fervor are mixed -- and intellectually stimulating as all get out.
Brent Simon
With so much ground to cover, Carroll's own story must hold everything together. And it just about does, because it's inherently fascinating. Jun 20, 2008 | Rating: B
With so much ground to cover, Carroll's own story must hold everything together. And it just about does, because it's inherently fascinating.
Michael Sragow
James Carrol's theory that the Cross is a violent rather than peaceful symbol is intriguing, as is the connections he makes between the Antisemitism from the formation of the Church, to the Holocaust, and finally the disquieting merge between Evangelical Christianity and the American Military. Carrol makes some bold, possibly true, statements but his arguments are too thinly drawn for my taste. Its also hard for me to connect the Catholics with Evangelicals because of how much the latter dislikes the former.
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