Perhaps Trump-style class resentments and the disregarding of women’s stories are simply constants in American life.
Film
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An (unconventional) selection of Advent films
Again and again, the Advent story is echoed in science fiction; in worlds that seem devoid of hope, a child is born to redeem it.
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In 1219, St. Francis crossed Crusade lines to meet Egypt’s sultan. What can we learn from their encounter?
Franciscans and Muslims worked together to make a new documentary about the encounter.
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‘Wonder’ is sappy and predictable, but you should take your kids anyway.
‘Wonder’ is a tween melodrama on a mission of mercy.
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Disney tried to trademark ‘Day of the Dead.’ They make up for it with Pixar’s ‘Coco’
“Coco” is—despite its otherworldly elements—a realistic look into love, family and tradition.
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Keeping faith as an actor, even when I don’t get the part
As a Catholic, you continually search for the balance in your professional and spiritual life. Whatever balance you do achieve is far from perfect.
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Whether it’s Thor’s Asgard or our America, the history you’ve been taught is a lie
“Thor: Ragnarok” is an entertaining film with a powerful and needed message: ignore history at your peril.
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Review: Searching for forgiveness in a town beset by violence and grief
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” contains enough guilt to keep the town’s confessionals busy for months.
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Review: A Christian town faces its sins in post-war Hungary in “1945”
World War II has just ended, and a little town is struggling to come to terms with its past
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Review: “Lady Bird” is not your average Catholic school girl movie
Lady Bird, with her magenta hair and acne, is an original; Greta Gerwig, appropriately, takes chances.