“The Bear” appears as a series about cooking and restaurant ownership, but really it is a show about grief, growth and community. The power of its Catholic allusions lies within both their cultural depth and their symbolic weight.
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More than a race: This Tour de France is about teamwork and drama.
A new Netflix series about the Tour de France highlights the human dramas behind the race.
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Interview: What playing ‘Father Brown’ taught Mark Williams about priests and the Catholic Church
Mark Williams has been playing Father Brown for 10 years, but “he never bores me,” he confides.
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Football, false prophets and forgiveness in the ‘Ted Lasso’ finale
For three seasons, ‘Ted Lasso’ has offered a potent vision of a better human condition.
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The ‘Succession’ finale showed what the world looks like without God.
Am I the only person in the world who got to the end of “Succession” and wanted a happy ending?
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Schmagnificent: ‘Schmigadoon’ delivers on the promise of musical theater
“Schmigadoon!” is not about recreating the forms of old musicals, it’s about what happens when we give ourselves over to musical theater.
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Hulu’s ‘The Great’ is more than a raunchy farce. Love and mercy reign.
For me, the plot events ahead are secondary to the show’s real strength, the paths that the characters themselves will take.
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Interview: The women behind ‘Sister Boniface Mysteries,’ a show about a crime-solving nun that gets religion right
Sister Boniface reminds me of so many great women’s religious that I have had the good fortune of knowing—enormously competent, of deep integrity and undaunted in their commitment to helping people.
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Peacock’s ‘Mrs. Davis’ is a show about a nun fighting A.I. But it’s really about God.
To those who are already exhausted by the all-A.I., all-the-time reporting of 2023, have no fear: “Mrs. Davis” is not a show about A.I., not really.
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In his new special, John Mulaney is a modern Prodigal Son with a message about mercy
After a stint in rehab, a break up from his wife followed almost immediately by a new relationship and then a baby with the actress Olivia Munn, comedian John Mulaney is back with a new Netflix special, “Baby J.”