Arts & Culture

Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.

An Altar in the World

By Barbara Brown Taylor (HarperOne, 2009)   "If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say ‘I am spiritual but not religious,' then...

The Reader

Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Weinstein Co., 2008) In traditional coming-of-age tales, sexuality opens up new worlds for a young man, and the first affair...

Playing for change

Various Artists (Hear Music, 2009) And they do mean various! This CD/DVD release includes artists from India to Ireland, South Africa to Russia, Israel to...

Sunshine Cleaning

Directed by Christine Jeffs and Megan Holley (Overture Films, 2009) Christine Jeffs and Megan Holley's touching film about a spunky but dysfunctional...

Honey Moon

Honey Moon The Handsome Family (Carrot Top Records, 2009) The Handsome Family is a perfectly postmodern family band. Unlike the ones that litter the bluegrass...

Duplicity

  DuplicityDirected by Tony Gilroy (Universal, 2009)   They don’t make them like this anymore. They try often enough, but only once in a blue...