Arts & Culture

Watch: Ida

Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski (Music Box Films, 2014) Pawel Pawlikowski’s gorgeously shot film about the odyssey of a young Polish nun offers a...

Read: The Dark Box

By John Cornwell (Basic Books, 2014) John Cornwell normally subscribes to the conspiratorial school of Catholicism, as demonstrated by his books Hitler’s...

Listen: After the Disco

Broken Bells (Columbia Records, 2014) In the 2004 dramedy Garden State, Natalie Portman’s character hands Zach Braff’s Andrew a pair of headphones...

Listen: Say Grace

Sam Baker (Self-released, 2013) Say Grace is a collection of rough-hewn jewels honoring the people Sam Baker calls “everyday heroes.” There is the flagman on...