‘The Good Lord Bird’ runs straight to the heart of America’s most toxic contradictions.
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Netflix’s ‘Selling Sunset’ basks in opulence. You should feel guilty watching it.
“Selling Sunset” paints an unapologetic portrait of our brutal capitalist culture.
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Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ confronts the dark side of our love of superhero stories
‘The Boys’ gleefully satirizes every aspect of superhero movies by showing how corrupt all-powerful beings would be if they existed in the real world.
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Why ‘Schitt’s Creek’ is the show we need in 2020
Every episode of “Schitt’s Creek” comes with guaranteed fits of laughter as the Roses learn what it means to embrace their own brand of “normal” in a strangely normal town.
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Here’s what the ‘America’ staff watched in quarantine. You should too.
When off-the-clock, chances are we’re enjoying a really good show.
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HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country’ delivers a Sci-Fi depiction of being Black in America
Placing three Black characters at the center of a new TV series yields fresh, unexpected turns.
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Netflix’s ‘The Midnight Gospel’ on the trap of spiritual materialism
I was caught off guard by the show’s artistic experimentation, nuanced spiritual message and deeply moving season finale.
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Can ‘Love Victor’ defy the stereotypes about growing up gay?
“Love, Victor” raises important questions about how same-sex desire is construed across religious and ethnic divides.
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The deep spirituality of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
A cartoon series from a decade ago proves to have profound lessons for today.
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‘Mrs. America’ exposes the limits of feminism and conservatism
As a Catholic active in the growing pro-life feminist movement, I found myself fascinated and motivated by “Mrs. America.”