In this film directed by Abel Ferrara, Shia LaBeouf gives viewers a contemporary version of the saint — that is, one who curses a blue streak. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an ...

You might think Shia LaBeouf portraying a 20th-century Italian saint under the direction of perpetual bad-boy expat Abel Ferrara is a pretty strange prospect. But that’s just the iceberg tip of the ...

Ferrara’s latest feature, premiering in Venice's "Venice Days" sidebar, stars the actor as an Italian friar who rose to prominence at a time when fascist powers began to take over the country. By ...

Abel Ferrara began his movie-making career directing pornography. Now he’s making a movie about one of the most popular Catholic saints from the 20th century: St. Pio of Pietrelcina, commonly known as ...

A new movie about St. Padre Pio, starring Catholic convert Shia LaBeouf will be available for public viewing beginning June 2. The movie will be released and distributed in North America by Gravitas ...

Disclosure One: I have not seen the recently released R-rated film about Padre Pio. Disclosure Two: I refuse to ever watch the film. The reason for my refusal is that the film contains a sexualized ...

The weight of playing St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more popularly known as Padre Pio, one of the most popular saints of the 20th century, was “enormous,” Shia LaBeouf told CNA in late May. The new film ...

Shia LaBeouf was on the verge of making a great comeback in Hollywood with movies like Honey Boy, The Peanut Butter Falcon, and Pieces of a Woman until various allegations put him at the lowest point ...

Actor Shia LaBeouf said he converted to Christianity while shooting his upcoming film “Padre Pio” and has become a member of the Roman Catholic Church. LaBeouf revealed his conversion in an interview ...

It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of ...