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;...
TV and film
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...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (2017–present) Four seasons and five years on, the award-winning Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs...
Slaves and Kings Directed by Pablo Moreno (Bosco Films, 2022) The Spanish-language film Slaves and Kings is subtitled “The Story of Saint Antonio María Claret...
Near the beginning of Meltdown, the four-part Netflix documentary series about the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant disaster, a scared-looking...
We Need to Talk About Cosby Directed by W. Kamau Bell (Showtime, 2022) The work of trying to see the many facets of a challenging topic is not commonplace in...
Catholic tradition has long been enriched by the work of men and women who turned to art as a means of coping with fear and loss. Dante’s Divine Comedy, and...
