For most of the 20th century, movies and television have cast gay and lesbian characters as deviant bad guys. But as attitudes in the larger public change, so...
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.
Directed by Stephen Daldry (Paramount, 2011) Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel about a 9-year-old boy whose father is killed on 9/11 angered and touched a lot...
Directed by Bennett Miller (Sony Pictures, 2011) Baseball can conjure up nostalgic images of peanuts and crackerjacks, sunny days, and cornfields in Iowa. But...
Hollywood’s leading actor shines in roles that show success doesn’t always bring happiness. My seventh-grade English teacher once asserted that...
Steven Spielberg’s latest film is a testament to war’s silent soldier. “Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the...
Planning to watch the Academy Awards this weekend? We’ve got movie reviews for some of the best picture nominees, as well as plenty of other films that...
The Artist Directed by Michel Hazanavicius (Weinstein, 2011) Those not captivated by Michel Hazanavicius’s silent movie must have a tin ear where their heart...
Actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan is serious about faith and family, but that hasn’t stopped her from being funny, too. She’s appeared in more than 25...
The Ides of March Directed by George Clooney (Columbia Pictures, 2011) As the title suggests, George Clooney’s cynical drama about a presidential campaign is a...
The Way Directed by Emilio Estevez (Arc Entertainment, 2011) If contemplation, as the mystic and spiritual writer William McNamara once said, is “a long...
