After some critics call out the storyline about the church taking away a woman’s baby, Stephen Frears tells a Museum of Tolerance crowd that the writers had no intention of taking on the institution.

Whenever Catholics are faced with the very human failures of the institutional church, we must answer a difficult question: Why do we stay? The church is our home, the community in which we encounter ...

Philomena is a quirky movie about an adorable old Irish lady—played by none other than Dame Judi Dench—and its release is timed to coincide with prime holiday family-movie-viewing season. You’re right ...

British stars Judi Dench and Steve Coogan are a study in contrasts in Stephen Frears' heartwarming but never banal drama. By THR Staff Stephen Frears is in full possession of his filmmaking talent in ...

The really unmissible film to see over the Thanksgiving weekend is certainly Philomena. It has everything: Old people (especially an enchanting Judi Dench) for mom and dad; a gay subplot for you; ...

It's safe to say Philomena is not the movie the embattled Catholic Church was hoping to see this holiday season. Directed by British filmmaker Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous ...

Part road movie and part odd-couple buddy film, Philomena is mainly about having someone live solely in your imagination for 50 years only to experience that person becoming real. It's an ...