Does Christian literary expression hover as “something between a dead language and a hangover”? Have Catholic artists “ceded the arts to secular society”? In response to what might be considered a literary call to action comes a new book by Joshua Hren.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
On the road again: William Least Heat-Moon’s ‘Blue Highways’ turns 40
Forty years after its publication, Jon Sweeney revisits ‘Blue Highways’ and its iconoclastic author.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
The Angel Speaks
Most of my kind, when they come,
take pleasure in blinding you
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Leonard Feeney said there was no salvation outside the Catholic church. Then he was excommunicated.
One of America’s finest literary talents, Leonard Feeney, S.J., rose to national prominence in the 1940s—but not for his prose or poetry.
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
From 1978: Avery Dulles on Leonard Feeney’s excommunication, reconciliation and rhetorical gifts
Leonard Feeney, writes Avery Dulles, S.J., in this 1978 encomium, should be remembered for more than his actions that led to his excommunication. He was a gifted orator, apologist, writer and counselor.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘The Power of the Dog’ review: Do we really need another film that identifies L.G.B.T. people with trauma?
The film mostly reinforces a longstanding and problematic trope.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: What would the great silent film clown Buster Keaton make of the smartphone era?
In “Camera Man,” the critic Dana Stevens uses the biography of the great silent film clown as a lens to explore the early days of movies, the cultural forces that gave them birth and the social upheavals they in turn engendered.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
In a time of international mourning, ‘Drive My Car’ is a relatable portrait of grief
The Oscar nominee “Drive My Car” is a three-hour elegy whose quiet intensity intimates an emotional storm beneath the surface.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
As a Deaf filmmaker, I wish ‘CODA’ had done more to represent Deaf stories on our terms
“As a Deaf person, I am exhausted at yet another mainstream story that pretends to be about my identity filtered through the eyes of the hearing other,” writes Garrett Zuercher.