Returning to Myself By Brandi Carlile (Interscope Records, 2025) Brandi Carlile can’t seem to make a bad record. Since her self-titled debut in 2005, the folk...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
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...
Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ: A Pauline Theology—Second Edition By Thomas R. Schreiner (InterVarsity Press, 2025) In the second edition of this...
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...
About two-thirds of the way through Wake Up Dead Man—the exhilarating third installment in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out series starring Daniel Craig as gentleman...
Forward The Swell Season (Masterkey Sounds, 2025) It’s been close to 20 years since the release of Once, the Irish drama/musical about two struggling musicians...
You know the story. Small-town girl achieves high-powered career success in the big city but can’t find true happiness until she comes back home. No one likes...






