Director Martin Scorsese sits down with James Martin, S.J., to discuss his faith, his films and his new movie “Silence.”
Film
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Tu gracia me basta
“Hubo tantas cosas en los Ejercicios que me transformaron y me cambiaron, que me enseñaron quién era… y dónde creo que Dios quiere que esté”
Posted inArts & Culture, In All Things
The lunch between a Jesuit and William Peter Blatty that led to a role in ‘The Exorcist’
Needless to say, I was trying to impress him. This was the first instant millionaire I’d ever met.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
The Theater as a Church
On this week’s podcast Rob Weinert-Kendt chats to Matt Malone, S.J., and Tim Reidy about the best shows he’s seen in New York City recently, as well a list of exciting plays coming up in the future. Highlights include “Dear Evan Hansen” and “The Present,” as well as a movie: “La La Land.” Rob Weinert-Kendt […]
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Andrew Garfield played a Jesuit in Silence, but he didn’t expect to fall in love with Jesus.
There were so many things in the Exercises that changed me and transformed me, that showed me who I was…and where I believe God wants me to be.
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Living in James Baldwin’s America
The world is not white; white is [merely] a metaphor for power.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Learning from Carrie Fisher and the rest of the secular saints we lost in 2016
These people’s lives gave us a glimpse of something meaningful, something that liberated or encouraged us.
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The Broadway musical has been born again. Will movie musicals be far behind?
Is the form that defined mid-century American songcraft condemned to sputter along on the fumes of jukebox musicals and high-gloss family fare?
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
‘Silence’ is a complex film about the nature of faith—it’s a wonder it ever got made.
Martin Scorsese’s new film will be elusive to the many and beloved by the few.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
The election made us hate each other—is Star Wars our only hope?
None of our intense political and social divisions are going to matter come Thursday at midnight.