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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
This long-awaited follow-up to Troy Duffy's violent, pulpy cult original is dead on arrival.
"...Director Duffy's wickedly bloodthirsty and strangely humorous The Boondock Saints was a cult hit waiting to happen that somehow..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Household Saints
"...stacks the deck,” declares one character early in Household Saints, a movie ostensibly about a man in New York's..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eight Reasons to Watch the Saints/Texans Game This Sunday
"...Sunday the Houston Texans will host the New Orleans Saints in the first head-to-head battle between the No. 1..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

All Saints
Planting seeds to save a church
"...In the world of faith-based films, All Saints strikes an unusual tone in its devotion to good..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

When the Saints Go Marching In
"...according to any source I check, the New Orleans Saints earned themselves a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs..."

Jan. 4, 2007 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Montiel's debut feature about growing up in Astoria, Queens, in the mid-Eighties is full of the filmmaker's instinctive brio and inchoate ideas and the elaborations of a brilliant ensemble cast.
"...before he is wheeled out on a stretcher. The saints are his various dead-end friends. A parallel story set..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ain't Them Bodies Saints
A hardscrabble, heartbreaking, love-and-death affair is gorgeously captured in David Lowery's Texas feature.
"...has made a drop-dead gorgeous movie. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints appears to be kith and kin with outlaw Seventies..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Least Among Saints
A combat veteran suffering from PTSD becomes the dubious mentor of a boy whose mother has just OD'd in this heartfelt drama.
"...budding friendship/mentoring comes across as too pat. Least Among Saints is a heartfelt if not exactly heartwarming story of..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Saints of St. Paul, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'Fun Is Good'
"...the former and famed "Ball Pigs" the St. Paul Saints have employed over the past 15 years. The Ball..."

May 21, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

The Many Saints of Newark
Nothing holy about this Sopranos prequel
"...story of the New Jersey mob boss: The Many Saints of Newark...."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

In Play: Saints Row
"...Saints Row..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Jeremy Martin

'The NFL Beat': Saints and Patriots Camps
Lots of win, from North to South
"...to another winning group of individuals, the New Orleans Saints. We love winners at "The NFL Beat," and these..."

Aug. 4, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Spotlight: Saints
The Saints, not stranded in punk nostalgia
"...three bands: the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and the Saints."..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Irish action-thriller about a retired assassin dragged back into a life of violence
"...the work, it may be In the Land of Saints and Sinners, a brutal drama set against the Troubles..."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texans Face Tough Test in Saints
37-34 Houston in OT
"...on Drew Brees, Darren Sproles, Gregg Williams, and the Saints...."

Sept. 23, 2011 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

Texans Excommunicate Saints, Enter the Playoff Hunt
"...Mario Williams and the Texans D kept the Saints and Reggie Bush in check while Matt Schaub and..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Lovers, Sinners, and Saints
New AFS series shines a light on Maurice Pialat

July 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Saints and Soldiers: The Void
Racial strife undercuts the efforts of a U.S. tank crew during the waning days of World War II.

Aug. 29, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One-Two Punch
Gene Luen Yang's 'Boxers' and 'Saints' duo takes on the Boxer Rebellion
"...historical fiction take on the Boxer Rebellion, Boxers and Saints (released Sept. 10 via First Second), was announced on..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Who Dat Indeed
"...The New Orleans Saints couldn’t have looked any better beating the Atlanta Falcons..."

Oct. 2, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Help Me to Pretend
"...Please tell me that New Orleans Saints cornerback Fred Thomas, who just last week I had..."

Nov. 21, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Back to the Drawing Board
"...The New Orleans Saints typically don’t fare well in games following a bye..."

Oct. 30, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Overnight
Cautionary tales about the pitfalls of indie filmmaking don’t come more searingly truthful or sober-minded than this.
"...dream came true when his script for The Boondock Saints (a violent tale of street justice) was purchased by..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How Sweet It Is
"...How beautifully righteous it was for New Orleans Saints wide receiver Terrance Copper to haul in a Drew..."

Nov. 29, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Soup Is Good Food
"...every swallow a wince-filled reminder of the New Orleans Saints’ 27-24 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday afternoon. Former..."

Oct. 16, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

The Punisher
Strictly from the so-bad-it's-good school of entertainment.

April 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

There Be Dragons
Roland Joffé wrote and directed this drama set during the Spanish Civil War in which one of the protagonists is Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá.
"...of Opus Dei and one Catholicism’s most recently canonized saints. Writer/director Roland Joffé (The Mission, The Killing Fields), in..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fighting
This film is set amid the world of underground street fighting where the plays bob and weave for love and respect.
"...from the director of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, is a brawl of a movie, all fisticuffs and..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. October
"...of new friends Reggie Bush made in New Orleans Saints country Sunday afternoon with that oh-so-timely punt return puts..."

Oct. 9, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

'NFL Analysis 101': The Last of the Southern Belles
"...the newly formed NFC South, which brags the explosive Saints, and three other teams that owe a refund to..."

March 9, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

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