The box office success of “Gladiator II” is a reminder that many Americans are obsessed with the Roman Empire. They’ve been joined over the years by more than a few ‘America’ contributors.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Three new musicals about fabulous and funny women
Age and its relationship to stardom is the animating subject of “Sunset Blvd,” “Tammy Faye” and “Death Becomes Her.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: ‘Bonhoeffer,’ Christian complicity and the fight against fascism
What separates “Bonhoeffer” from the myriad instructive Holocaust biographies and melodramas is its timing.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: ‘Wicked’ challenges what we think about good and evil
“Wicked” arrives on a whirlwind of eager (and anxious) anticipation among fans of the musical.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Doris Grumbach, L.G.B.T. pioneer and fearless literary critic
Doris Grumbach was an accomplished novelist, literary critic, biographer and memoirist and an early pioneer for her books exploring L.G.B.T. themes. She was also a longtime book reviewer and essayist for ‘America.’
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
Doris Grumbach on the art of the book review
In 1960, novelist and literary critic Doris Grumbach reflected on the art—and science—of book reviewing, including Catholic books.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
‘Brooklyn’: a story of welcoming the immigrant, now and then
Sometimes you have to leave home to find home. That’s the paradox of the immigrant experience, portrayed beautifully in “Brooklyn.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Fellini film that scandalized Catholic audiences—and the Jesuits that defended it
Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” scandalized Italian audiences. But it was a group of Jesuit priests who were determined to offer a more nuanced interpretation of the film.
Posted inArts & Culture, Interviews
Interview: Martin Scorsese’s journey with the saints
Martin Scorsese is leading one of the most elaborate projects devoted to the saints in recent memory. “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” streams on Fox Nation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Behold the Handmaid
if you go to Mass, you hear the near-perfect opening
line in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God