On Sunday, April 25, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences held its 93rd Academy Awards. Closing in on its 100th birthday, striving for contemporary relevance, it succeeded only in showing its age. Whereas […]
A crucially important feature of Catholic social teaching, but one frequently underemphasized or misunderstood, is a clear animus against the concentration of power within a society. This perilous agglomeration can happen economically, politically, or culturally. […]
In her book The White Album (Simon & Schuster, 1979), Joan Didion writes that “the Sixties ended… at the exact moment when word” of the Manson murders circulated. In his current film Once Upon a […]
MPAA Rating: R USCCB Rating: O Reel Rating, 3 out of 5 reels (Disclaimer: Major spoilers ahead.) It is rather rare that a movie is promoted for its director rather than its stars—especially when the […]
Although neither film drew the attention of Oscar voters, the films Eighth Grade and Leave No Trace were among the best-reviewed films of the last year. (Rotten Tomatoes has them at 99-100% fresh.) They make for an interesting […]
Mid-June, I wrote for Catholic World Report about Chris Pratt’s joyful and playful speech exhorting people to put their faith in God, to remember their souls, and to pray. The speech, itself nearly unheard of […]
This is pure entertainment in a way rarely seen since the adventure serials of the 1930s. […]
Published 70 years ago, the dark novel has something in it to offend just about everyone. […]
In a culture deeply divided, this study guide program strives to inspire the moral imagination of young people through classic films. […]
The new movie is an antidote of sorts to the pretentiousness and hypocrisy of scandal-ridden Hollywood. […]
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