‘Andor’ is a piece of art that is both thrilling to watch and spiritually enriching.
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Netflix and George Clooney bring fan service to Broadway
Fan service isn’t just for Marvel movies. It’s alive and well in ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ and ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow.’
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The radical hope of Martin Scorsese’s series on the saints
Dedication to fostering a personal relationship with Christ and embracing the unique callings of faith permeates each episode of “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints’
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Watching ‘The Chosen’ in prison
It is a profound thing, when society has labeled you a criminal and a felon, to think that at the center of the world’s most populous faith tradition is a man whom those in power at the time condemned as a criminal.
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‘The White Lotus’ finale, sin and discernment: How (and why) do we make big life choices?
Take the money? Join a monastery? Grab the gun?
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A superhero’s Catholic identity: Faith, vocation and absolution in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’
“Daredevil: Born Again” has now launched on Disney+, and the show features a lead character whose faith is a central element to his identity.
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‘Say Nothing’ breaks the I.R.A.’s code of silence
The series succeeds in the same way Patrick Radden Keefe’s book did: It makes you love these people.
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‘The Chosen’ is wildly popular. Should Catholics watch it?
A Jesuit considers the series that has become an international phenomenon.
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Dick Button taught Americans how to watch, judge and love figure skating
Dick Button, the voice of figure skating for half a decade, taught us what figure skating was supposed to be.
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‘Skeleton Crew’ brings child-like wonder to the Star Wars universe
The story is as fun as it is simple, weaving together spacefaring pirates, planets with hidden treasure and nods to 1980s classics like “The Goonies.”