Directed by Bennett Miller (Sony Pictures, 2011) Baseball can conjure up nostalgic images of peanuts and crackerjacks, sunny days, and cornfields in Iowa. But...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
Hollywood’s leading actor shines in roles that show success doesn’t always bring happiness. My seventh-grade English teacher once asserted that...
Steven Spielberg’s latest film is a testament to war’s silent soldier. “Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the...
Planning to watch the Academy Awards this weekend? We’ve got movie reviews for some of the best picture nominees, as well as plenty of other films that...
Between Heaven and Mirth By James Martin, SJ (HarperOne, 2011) Perhaps I am not the best person to review this book. Although not completely humorless, I have...
Learning to Die in Miami By Carlos Eire (Free Press, 2011) In 1962 Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children evacuated from Cuba by Catholic parents who believed...
The Harrow & The Harvest Gillian Welch (Acony Records, 2011) Gillian Welch has described the 10 songs on The Harrow & The Harvest as “10 kinds of...
February 2012: A Dangerous Dozen: 12 Christians who Threatened the Status Quo But Taught Us to Live Like Jesus By the Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson, PhD Foreward...
The Artist Directed by Michel Hazanavicius (Weinstein, 2011) Those not captivated by Michel Hazanavicius’s silent movie must have a tin ear where their heart...
Journey to the Common Good By Walter Brueggemann (Westminster John Knox, 2010) In this compact study, biblical theologian Walter Brueggemann traces a...
