A team of scientists set out to film the transition of coral from a brilliantly colored living organism to a decaying corpse.
Film
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Missing Robert Mitchum: nostalgia for the archetypal American male
In celebrating the centennial of Mitchum’s birth, we are really paying homage to a peculiarly American male archetype.
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Al Gore’s Sequel: The climate change movie no one wanted to have to make
The people behind “An Inconvenient Truth” can be forgiven for indulging in a bit of “I told you so” in their follow-up film, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.”
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Teens need adults to navigate films like “To the Bone”
“To the Bone,” which recently premiered on Netflix, tells the story of 20-year-old Ellen (Lily Collins), who is living with anorexia nervosa.
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What makes a good ghost story? A conversation with director David Lowery
‘The image of a bedsheet ghost standing all alone in an empty house was something I was obsessed with.’
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In ‘The Midwife,’ a Christian message of forgiveness—without Christ
I am intrigued by new French films that dramatically apply religious principles without the mention of God.
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A defense of ‘The Little Hours’: Finding grace in vulgarity
If religious people get hung up on the cursing and the sex, we are missing an opportunity for conversation.
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What does it mean to prove one’s “manhood” in war?
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., America’s books editor, considers shifting masculine ideals in film and literature.
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Scorsese on why he made ‘Silence’: “To get to know Jesus better”
“For me, the stories have always been about how we should live, who we are, and have a lot to do with love, trust and betrayal,” Scorsese said.
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Pakistani boy meets American girl in “The Big Sick”
What “The Big Sick” gets at is how America undermines traditions from other countries, and always has.