Marshall McLuhan’s media theories proved prophetic for the age of mass communications—and his religious beliefs played a role in his theories.
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‘Star Wars’ offered us a new hope. ‘Andor’ explores the cost of that hope.
In “Andor,” Tony Gilroy paints the Empire at its most oppressive. Surveillance has become near total: Anyone can be found almost anywhere.
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Farewell to ‘The Walking Dead,’ a surprisingly moving exploration of grief and loss
“The Walking Dead” ends its 12-year, 11-season, 177-episode run on AMC this month.
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Netflix’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is an unflinching portrayal of war’s terror
This “All Quiet on the Western Front” does not need special effects to hold its own. It is matter-of-fact, and that is its strength.
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What the Lincoln Project’s flawed fight to defeat Trump can teach us about confession and penance
”I can’t say it’s not my fault,” says Lincoln Project co-founder Stuart Stevens. Really? Someone in American politics actually said that?
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‘I have never met a real contemplative who found Merton useful’: Letters reveal Sister Wendy’s ambivalence about Gethsemani’s famous monk
This selection from our conversations about the Trappist monk Thomas Merton is one of the fascinating threads in the book, which turned out to be about more than it seemed.
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Podcast: EWTN, a Jesuit’s secret identity and the Vatican’s missing person mystery
Host Colleen Dulle and veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell dig into three eye-catching Vatican stories this week.
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‘Vatican Girl’: Netflix’s true-crime documentary on the Holy See’s 40-year-old missing person mystery
A new true-crime documentary series on Netflix, “Vatican Girl,” tells the story of the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who is still the only Vatican citizen considered missing.
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Hulu’s ‘Only Murders in the Building’ is embodying Pope Francis’ teachings on old age
“Only Murders in the Building” offers something Pope Francis has talked about repeatedly during his pontificate: intergenerational friendships, in all their power and complexity.
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The keys to the success of ‘Derry Girls’: Northern Ireland, Catholicism and the ordinary lives of teenage girls
The third season of ‘Derry Girls’ has plenty of laughs to offer and goes deeper with all its main characters.