When it comes to Jeff Buckley, we are as stuck as he always seemed to be—unable to move on, let go or say goodbye.
Films
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‘Leo from Chicago’: Vatican releases new documentary on pope’s early years
Released Nov. 10, the documentary “Leo from Chicago” chronicles the pope’s humble beginnings in Dolton, Illinois, as well as his early years as an Augustinian.
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Catholic Movie Club: St. Paul on the road to Damascus—but make it sci-fi
In Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” an ordinary electrician has a transcendent encounter—with U.F.O.s, not God.
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‘Stand By Me’: a film about losing childhood innocence—and discovering what is truly good
Being a kid in the summer is all about existing in an eternal present moment, a feeling of freedom and potential that it will never go away.
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Dungeons & Dragons—and Jesuits
Unexpectedly, Dungeons & Dragons has become a beloved activity among men preparing for religious life.
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‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’ is the perfect film for Holy Week
Martyrdom finds perhaps its most powerful cinematic expression in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” (1928), a classic of the silent film era and widely considered one of the greatest films ever made.
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‘The Great Gatsby’ got a bad review in America. A century later, how do we see F. Scott Fitzgerald?
F. Scott Fitzgerald was not a favorite of America’s editors for many years, but they all read ‘Gatsby.’ Everyone reads ‘Gatsby.’
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A Black Captain America is an exciting concept. But ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ is aggressively mediocre.
The latest installment in the “Captain America” franchise feels thematically confused and clumsy in its execution.
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The rise and fall of Catholic wins at the Oscars
The stories about Catholics that Hollywood tells—and awards—has as much to do with what is happening with the church off-screen as what is shown on-screen.
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Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the Communion of Saints
Bob Dylan, more than anyone, fused the pop cultural and the religious experience into one.