Doubt

I recommend the movie Doubt to those that havent seen it. There are at least four spectacular acting performances (I think Meryl Streep might even outdo Philip Seymore Hoffman) and the drama gets incredibly powerful several times throughout the movie.

I dont want to give away the ending but a recurring theme throughout the movie is how "pursuing wrongdoing brings you away from God". By "pursuing wrongdoing" I mean seeking out an injustice in order to bring it to light and have it resolved. Im not sure if Im forcing something that isnt there, and this may only be distantly related, but this makes me think of Christ being "abandoned" by His Father on the Cross when pursuing us in our sin, and his cry of "Abba, Abba, why have you forsaken me?" As Gil Bailie says, "Our God is a God-forsaken God".

Brendan, you mentioned the Psalms as portraying the central human drama of falling away and returning to God. Would you also say that the Psalms are meant to develop in us a sense of the hidden presence of God at all times, even when we have strayed from God and feel forsaken by him? Christ's cry on the cross was itself a recitation of a Psalm, and a revelation of God's presence even in these times of darkness and alienation from God. Doubt portrays such a darkness intensely, but by revealing the abyss of human sin, the movie gives a sense of how far we as a people must be from true goodness, holiness and purity, and therefore leaves you filled with awe.