I’ll admit, I’m judgy. For example, I once grew irritated with a good friend after they went a few weeks without communicating. Then I received their...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
The Unstoppable . . . Dave Chappelle (Netflix, 2025) Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up special is paradoxical. He plays a massive stadium show as if it were a...
I’m playing the 2018 city-building game Frostpunk, and I have a decision to make. Frostpunk casts the player as the leader of an isolated city in an alternate...
The American Revolution (PBS), directed and produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, is not only smart, but also wise. The Federalist and the...
With You Courtney Hartman (Reckoner Records, 2025) Courtney Hartman is a guitarist and songwriter from Colorado whose music is imbued with a sense of place. In...
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...
The Soulwork of Justice By Wesley Granberg-Michaelson (Orbis Books, 2025) “The world of social activism nurtures grandiosity,” Wesley Granberg-Michaelson...
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...
“O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.” • Psalm 96:1 Melisma Melisma is a vocal technique that involves sliding through various notes...
