Christmas in the Heart Bob Dylan (Columbia, 2009) Post-Modernism or Nostalgia? Commonplace or Avant Guard? Success or Failure? Even a cursory listen to Bob...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
Recommended resources on the end of the world, the Second Coming, and eschatology: Father Dermot Lane, an Irish Jesuit and the president of the Mater Dei...
Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Brothers, 2009) Almost 45 years after Maurice Sendak's dark little fairy tale first saw the light of day director Spike...
By Mary Gordon (Pantheon, 2009) What if one of the great Catholic storytellers in America decided to wander through the New Testament in search not of wisdom...
The Avett Brothers (Sony, 2009) The Avett Brothers are a sibling pair from North Carolina that for several years has been building a reputation as bluegrass...
Would you like a demonstration of the Catholic belief that everyone has a right to the beauty of God's creation? Visit a national park. This October...
Directed by Drew Barrymore (Fox Searchlight, 2009) In Drew Barrymore’s new film about tattooed Texas lasses on skates, Ellen Page, who played...
By Timothy Beal (HarperOne, 2009) Timothy Beal wants you-to read the Bible. Actually, he's making the case that everybody should. His argument is simple...
Yo La Tengo (Matador Records, 2009) First off, Yo La Tengo is not a salsa band. They're not even Hispanic. They are white, artsy-bohemian types in their...
By Jason Berggren (X Media, 2009) So much for Paul's assertion to the Corinthians that "the greatest of these is love." Jason Berggren openly...
