“Sing Sing” sidesteps the trap of cheap melodrama that exploits the trials and trauma of incarcerated people.
Arts & Culture
Posted inArts & Culture, Poetry
Original Bodies
Hollywood would not photograph us
for two or three more decades, they cut away
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Tim Kaine reminds us what’s possible in a political candidate
In ‘Walk Ride Paddle: A Life Outside,’ Kaine invites readers on a journey as he narrates his human-powered travels throughout Virginia, where he has served as senator, governor and mayor of Richmond.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Amy Clampitt, the ‘late bloomer’ of poetry
Willard Spiegelman’s probing biography, ‘Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt,’ describes how she rose to meteoric heights in the poetry world relatively late in life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
The British Fulton Sheen: What Catholics should know about C. C. Martindale, S.J.
C. C. Martindale, S.J., played an important role in the life of the Catholic Church in Great Britain in the 20th century—and brought more than a few seekers along with him.
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
The hidden humility of U.S. Olympic track star Noah Lyles
Look beyond the boasting and bravado and you’ll see that there is a lot more to Olympic star Noah Lyles than the persona he embodies while on the track or needling his opponents.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’: a musical that echoes the sacred vision of Teilhard de Chardin
In “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” the ordinary becomes operatic and the everyday becomes extraordinary.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller ‘Trap’ reveals the true price of a double life
Living a double life requires lying to everyone around you, but it also requires lying to yourself.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
‘A court with many lords and few ladies’: Mary Ann Glendon on her experiences of sexism in the Vatican
‘In the Courts of Three Popes’ gives us Mary Ann Glendon’s journey from Vatican outsider to insider and provides a captivating frame for her examination of the Vatican’s intertwined grandeur and dysfunction.