The turtles in Conclave appear throughout the movie, acting as both a key thematic symbol and a tool to foreshadow its ...

Directed by Edward Berger and starring a sublime Ralph Fiennes as a reluctant candidate for the post of the Pope, Conclave is a visually stunning, taut political potboiler that delves into the ...

The script always had a soul, a second layer — it’s not just about a plot or a story; there’s something deep behind it. It ...

Ralph Fiennes on Cardinal Lawrence's 'Crisis of Faith' in 'Conclave': "We Mustn't Underestimate the Importance of Doubt" ...

Based on the popular novel by Robert Harris, Conclave is directed by Edward Berger, and follows the trials and tribulations of a Cardinal tasked with overseeing the election of a new Pope.

Conclave plays to his strengths, with its deft presentation of the power struggles and moral tensions during an unexpected papal election overseen by Ralph Fiennes’ faith-tested Cardinal Lawrence.

Even this statement in the Telluride Film Festival program last fall couldn’t have guessed how directly German director Edward Berger’s stunning papal thriller “Conclave” would tackle our ...

Adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel of the same name, Conclave takes us deep behind closed doors into the hallowed halls ...

At the start of “Conclave,” the pope has just died, and the dean of the college of cardinals, Thomas Lawrence (Fiennes), must run the conclave that will elect the pope’s successor.

He received one of the eight nominations for Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” which also scored ... if maybe the audience should hear the new pope on the radio somehow in that scene.

It’s a pertinent point, considering Fiennes plays Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, the Dean of Cardinals, the Vatican’s most powerful figure after the pope, in Edward Berger’s Conclave.