As a young Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” Timothee Chalamet captures some of the iconic singer’s enigmatic yet magnetic personality.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Joy of My Youth
To God, who gives joy to my youth. Say it! Say it now…
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
The Irish Christmas tradition that celebrates the unsung work of women
The Irish tradition has long been that on Nollaig na mBan, this final day of the busy Christmas season, women get to put their feet up and enjoy a day of socializing. In some versions of the tradition, men take over the household chores.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
The sound of the Christmas season: A history of the lost art of bell-ringing
Bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life year-round, a tradition being rediscovered and appreciated by anthropologists, academics, musicians and an increasing number of ordinary people.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ and the importance of keeping Christmas throughout the year
That idea of “keeping Christmas” is an invitation and a challenge to consider what Christmas really means to us.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Van Gogh’s holy family—and mine
Looking at the Van Goghs we see a few parallels with the Holy Family, who knew humiliation and repudiation.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
Once mocked, Impressionism triumphs 150 years later in Paris and D.C.
150 years after the birth of Impressionism, two dazzling shows have been mounted.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: In ‘The Brutalist,’ a Holocaust survivor encounters the (very) dark side of the American Dream
“The Brutalist” harkens back to a golden age of bravura filmmaking while pushing forward toward new cinematic possibilities through provocative storytelling.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
Faith on film: ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ is about believing without proof
We have all heard that “blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.” “Miracle on 34th Street” suggests that we must believe in order to see.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Can one performance reinvent a classic musical? Audra McDonald does it in ‘Gypsy.’
Audra McDonald, our greatest living musical theater actor, transforms the role of Momma Rose in a stunning new revival of “Gypsy.”