Altarcations

My overall impression

The Catholic-based drama Doubt dealt with the ambiguity of the “did he/didn’t he”-premise surrounding a boy which a priest had been accused of molesting. The film version builds on the element of suspense (unfortunately, I have not yet seen a production of the play), as it’s up to an imperfect nun to hunt for justice within the guarded internal mechanics of The Church. In Steve Julian’s Altarcations, the story isn’t as cagey and addresses the disease instead of just the symptoms of the historically recent sex scandals that have plagued the Catholic Church. It bravely jumps into the gray area of the pool and presents some fresh, little heard insight on the matter …

Read the rest of the review at Cinesnatch.