Midnight in Paris Directed by Woody Allen (Sony Pictures, 2011) When I was a doctoral student in Paris in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, I used to fantasize...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
Why Stay Catholic? By Michael Leach (Loyola Press, 2011) A few years ago a Catholic publisher asked Michael Leach to write a book on “101 reasons to be...
Collapse into now R.E.M. (Nonesuch Records, 2011) From a clamorous crescendo built slowly of distorted guitars, high-toned bass, and low, rumbling drums, R.E.M...
Jane Eyre Directed by Cary Fukunaga (Focus Features, 2011) There are secrets hidden in the shadows of Thornfield Hall, but no mystery as to why Hollywood has...
KMAG YOYO Hayes Carll (Lost High, 2011) Despite the best efforts of the Nashville industry, country music refuses to die, and Hayes Carll’s new album is...
The Sexual Believer: Uncommon Reflections On Sexual Morality For Catholics in the Third Millennium By Noel Cooper (CreateSpace, an Amazon.com company, 2011)...
The Lily Trilogy Novels, if they are compelling, can threaten to suck up all of a busy mother’s time away from her children. For half a week, I have been...
The Adjustment Bureau Directed by George Nolfi (Universal Pictures, 2011) In director George Nolfi’s movie version of Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi tale, Matt Damon...
Pathway to Our Hearts: A Simple Approach to Lectio Divina With the Sermon on the Mount by Archbishop Thomas Collins (Ave Maria Press, 2011) “Lectio...
Inside Job Directed by Charles Ferguson (Sony Pictures Classics, 2010) While accepting the Oscar in February for his extraordinary documentary, Charles...
