Antonio D. Sison C.P.P.S. and C. Vanessa White are professors at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. The suspense thriller Sinners, written and...
TV and film
Browse through a collection of commentaries and reflections that look at modern television and film—from The Chosen to Star Wars—through a Catholic lens.
Martin Scorsese’s first feature film, Who’s That Knocking at My Door? (1967), was panned because Harvey Keitel’s gangster character exhibited what one critic...
The story of Moses the Black, a 4th-century religious figure, comes to life on the streets of Chicago’s West Side in Yelena Popovic’s new film, Moses the Black...
Task Created by Brad Ingelsby (HBO, 2025) Task’s creator, Brad Inglesby, grew up in a Catholic home, attending Archbishop John Carroll High School in Eastern...
There are few more energizing contemporary figures than Billie Jean King. Wimbledon tennis champion at the age of 17, winner of 39 major championship titles...
In October 2025, Mary Shelley’s renowned monster tale got a new cinematic treatment in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. Produced by Netflix, the film draws...
Long Story Short Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg (Netflix, 2025) Long Story Short—a newcomer to Netflix’s already-robust catalogue of adult animation—is a...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite...
Nine Puzzles Directed by Yoon Jong-bin (Moonlight Film, 2025) Detective stories can be cliché. Often the humanity of the characters gets lost in the grisly...
Maybe you haven’t noticed him. Essentially a means to someone else’s ends, Mr. Potter’s anonymous manservant in Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life has a...
