“Conclave” (2024) Review

Lurking within every scene of Conclave is an abundance of questioning, stretching further than the primary proposition of who will be the new Pope. Faith, politics, and gender all swirl together in the trapped world of voting Cardinals. It’s a strong foundation for a film that is intriguing enough as a papal political drama and only grows more alluring with its setting as decadent as its dialogue.

At the center of the new-Pope controversy is Cardinal Lawrence, played with weathered warmth by...