The Fighter Directed by David O. Russell (Paramount, 2010) Boxing films are invariably tales of lion-hearted toughs from the wrong side of the tracks...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
City of Refuge Abigail Washburn (Rounder Records, 2011) The banjo is the most American of instruments, arriving with the slaves from West Africa but quickly...
The Sacraments We Celebrate: A Catholic Guide to the Seven Mysteries of Faith by Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi (Ave Maria Press, 2010) In the introduction to The...
It may take true grit to avenge a murder, but the gritty truth is that revenge only works in the movies. I grew up watching Westerns like other boomers, so...
I Know I’ve Been Changed By Aaron Neville (EMI Gospel, 2010) Put the name of New Orleans R&B singer Aaron Neville alongside those of Flannery...
The Greatest Prayer By John Dominic Crossan (HarperOne, 2010) John Dominic Crossan, the eminent if controversial scholar of the Bible, is most well known...
The King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper (Weinstein, 2010) In a season of gunslingers (True Grit) and brawlers (The Fighter), Tom Hooper has made a touching...
A Time to Plant: Life Lessons in Work, Prayer, and Dirt by Kyle Kramer (Ave Maria, 2010) I admit it. When I received a review copy of A Time to Plant: Life...
Politics with Principle: 10 Characters with Character by Michael Kerrigan (Wheatmark, 2010) It’s not often that one hears a rational discussion of virtue in...
Paths to Prayer: A Field Guide to Ten Catholic Traditions by Pat Fosarelli (Ave Maria Press, 2010) Have you ever heard someone speak of “Augustian...
