Arts & Culture

Tiger Woods, of the United States, waits to hit on the 13th hole during the first round of the US Open Golf Championship, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Mamaroneck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
HBO’s Tiger Woods documentary explores the fine line between victim and villain
By Kevin Jackson
Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king (and a Catholic convert), dies at 86
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How the pianist Mary Lou Williams found God (and made it to the Vatican)
By Michael Scott Alexander
Joni Mitchell’s ‘Archives Vol. 1’ show a songwriter navigating art and life before a record deal
By Rob Weinert-Kendt
Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ is a feminist disaster. But it (almost) redeems itself.
By Simcha Fisher
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Book Reviews
Review: In the crosshairs of the F.B.I.
By Joe Pagetta
Review: We are all responsible for the future of our planet
By Christiana Zenner
Review: ‘The Pull of the Stars’ brings a Gatsbyesque approach to finding humor in a pandemic
By Tom Deignan
Review: How a family’s faith becomes their downfall
By Diane Scharper
Review: Barack Obama’s boundless optimism for a brighter future
in Barack Obama's new memoir, readers get to know a host of colorful characters who played a role in the campaign for the presidency and Obama’s first term in office.
Molly CahillJanuary 21, 2021
Catholic Book Club

When Thomas Jefferson rewrote the Bible

Peter Manseau, the curator of American religious history at the Smithsonian, offers his definitive description of Thomas Jefferson's eclectic efforts to remake the Bible in the Catholic Book Club's latest selection.
By Kevin Spinale

The Catholic Book Club explores two literary classics

Over the summer the Catholic Book Club read John Kennedy Toole’s darkly comic novel, 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' and this fall we are finishing up our discussion of John Howard Griffin’s 'Black Like Me.'
By James T. Keane
On Screen
‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’ was cheesy and sensational (and what exactly is a TikTok musical?)
It is a story made possible by young people’s collective efforts to find some creative solace during Covid-19.
Isabelle SenechalJanuary 15, 2021
Amazon Prime’s ‘Sound of Metal’ explores a musician’s journey into deafness—and himself
An austere film about a drummer going deaf finds revelation in the quiet moments.
Deniz DemirerJanuary 9, 2021
In ‘The Crown,’ the royals are miserable. What would St. Ignatius say?
James Martin, S.J., and Kerry Weber on ‘The Crown’: What does it mean to uphold one’s duty? What does it mean to be free?
James Martin, S.J.January 8, 2021
Frances McDormand in “Nomadland,” which played at film festivals in 2020 and will be released to theaters in February 2021. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.
2020 in review: Some of the best films you should see from a surreal year for cinema
Have we seen the end of motion pictures as we knew them?
John AndersonDecember 30, 2020