The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Developed by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay (Amazon Studios, 2022) Catholic tradition has always held evil to be a...
TV and film
Little Demon Created by Darcy Fowler, Seth Kirschner, and Kieran Valla (FXX, 2022) Little Demon is equal parts bildungsroman and spiritual farce. The pilot...
My all-time favorite movie—not just favorite Christmas movie—is It’s a Wonderful Life. Plenty of ink has been spilled over this movie, sometimes revering it as...
Heartland is a family show without corruption or treachery, a cowboy show that focuses on women, and a western show set not in the United States but in...
I recently found myself in conversation on St. Pope John Paul II’s classic 1999 Letter to Artists. In it he writes about how these “ingenious creators of...
The Princess Directed by Ed Perkins (HBO MAX, 2022) Although she’s been gone longer than she was the Princess of Wales, Diana Spencer remains a cultural icon;...
In the very first episode of the Hulu/FX dramedy series Reservation Dogs, four teenaged Native Americans gather to mark the first anniversary of their friend’s...
Under the Banner of Heaven Created by Dustin Lance Black (FX Productions, 2022) Faith is not easy, especially when you must come to terms with the deep...
Certain scientific concepts can capture the public’s imagination and take on a life of their own. This is commonplace in science fiction where time travel, the...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, work-life balance was a term corporations used to lure new hires but an evasive concept to operationalize in day-to-day cubicle...
