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Eve Tushnet
Eve Tushnet is the co-founder of Building Catholic Futures, a nonprofit equipping Catholic institutions to serve and share the Gospel with LGBT+ people. She is the author of two books about gay Christian spiritual lives, and two novels.
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‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ review: It terrifies, but lacks malice
What is the point of horror movies if they end up as commencement speeches?
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The hopeless (yet Christian) world of Pier Pasolini’s ‘Salò, or The 120 Days of Sodom’
Pasolini called “Salò” his first film “about the modern world.”
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Eight Catholic horror films you should watch
Here are eight films in which Catholic horror speaks in less familiar accents, films I have never seen on other Catholic horror lists.
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“The Devil’s Doorway”: a horror film that gives tribute to the women of Magdalene laundries
The event that takes place in “The Devil’s Doorway,” a horror film from the Irish director Aislinn Clarke, may or may not be a miracle—but it exposes a truth about who we are, we who crucified Christ.
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Jordan Peele’s “Us” is a story about family and what it means to be American
“Us” treads some of the most trampled ground in contemporary horror: 1980s nostalgia; guilt and rage over inequality.
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The value of public penance in the age of clerical abuse, mass incarceration and #MeToo
Where can someone who sincerely wants to repent and atone find guidance or models for apologizing well?
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A 1940s French film is one of the most Catholic horror movies ever made
“The Song of Bernadette” follows a classic horror-film structure in order to make a theological point that could not be more urgent.
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Oscar Wilde finds Christ in “The Happy Prince”
“The Happy Prince” covers only the last few years of Oscar Wilde’s life. When it touches on religion, it is intensely interesting.
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Review: “The Wolf House” explores the traumas of childhood abuse
“The Wolf House” is a Chilean political horror film that explores the traumas of childhood abuse.