Netflix is the service that has most invested in building a library of faith-based stories. And isn’t that worth supporting?
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The misfits of HBO Max’s ‘Somebody Somewhere’ are the kind of loving community we go to church looking for
“Somebody Somewhere” is not a show about religion, but it is in its own way an exploration of what a truly religious community offers—namely, a space of radical acceptance.
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‘Sex and the City’ didn’t change. We did.
HBO’s “And Just Like That,” like “Sex and the City” before it, is an exaggerated funhouse mirror of its viewers’ world.
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‘Killing Eve’ deserved better than a botched Christian conversion narrative and a cheap, shock-value ending
Despite its first three seasons of ambitious, campy, violent fun, “Killing Eve” lost its way in its final season with a failed conversion subplot and problematic treatment of queer characters.
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President Zelensky’s love of Ukraine is at the heart of ‘Servant of the People’
Watching “Servant of the People,” I find myself called to gratitude, hope and mourning.
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Media elites are mystified by the success of ‘Yellowstone.’ But the show is a biblical epic.
Kevin Costner and Taylor Sheridan have graced us with a biblical epic, Genesis with guns.
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‘The Sister Boniface Mysteries’: the rare show that gets the Catholic Church (and nuns) right
TV shows rarely get it right when depicting priests or men and women religious—but “The Sister Boniface Mysteries” offers a welcome look at a believable and positively portrayed woman in religious life.
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‘The Book of Boba Fett’ and the limits of mercy
“The Book of Boba Fett” explored some classic “Star Wars” themes, including idealism and the importance of family, but ultimately veered away from getting too deeply into them.
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HBO’s ‘Station Eleven’ follows the haunted survivors of a deadly pandemic
The journey of most of the characters in “Station Eleven” is from self-protective emotional withdrawal to vulnerability and connection.
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Our favorite pop culture stories are sacred to us. Have we lost the ability to critique them?
I wonder at the rage we seem to have at the ready when it comes to our favorite pieces of pop culture.