Roger Ebert in 2004 on the great film ‘The Gospel According to St. Matthew’ (1964):

“Pasolini’s is one of the most effective films on a religious theme I have ever seen, perhaps because it was made by a nonbeliever who did not preach, glorify, underline, sentimentalize or romanticize his famous story, but tried his best to simply record it.”

(YouTube Link to the film in next post)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-gospel-according-to-st-matthew-1964