For me, the plot events ahead are secondary to the show’s real strength, the paths that the characters themselves will take.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
I’m a priest and Writers Guild member. Here’s why Catholics should support the writers strike.
I would like to offer three anecdotes from my life that I hope will speak to what the Writers Guild of America is fighting for and why Catholics should care.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Interview: The women behind ‘Sister Boniface Mysteries,’ a show about a crime-solving nun that gets religion right
Sister Boniface reminds me of so many great women’s religious that I have had the good fortune of knowing—enormously competent, of deep integrity and undaunted in their commitment to helping people.
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Peacock’s ‘Mrs. Davis’ is a show about a nun fighting A.I. But it’s really about God.
To those who are already exhausted by the all-A.I., all-the-time reporting of 2023, have no fear: “Mrs. Davis” is not a show about A.I., not really.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
In his new special, John Mulaney is a modern Prodigal Son with a message about mercy
After a stint in rehab, a break up from his wife followed almost immediately by a new relationship and then a baby with the actress Olivia Munn, comedian John Mulaney is back with a new Netflix special, “Baby J.”
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Podcast: Screenwriter Dorothy Fortenberry brings Pope Francis’ climate change message to Hollywood
This week on Jesuitical, Zac and Ashley talk to Dorothy Fortenberry, a producer and screenwriter for “Extrapolations,” a new show from Apple TV+ that aims to shake us from our climate change complacency.
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Death Comes for the Archvillain on ‘Succession’
If “Succession” ends as a sort of Shakespearean tragedy, as all signs thus far have suggested that it will, this week’s episode may well be the moment we look back on as that tragedy’s core.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Molly Shannon, of SNL and ‘Superstar’ fame, is the Catholic school girl in all of us
More than the costumes and settings, it is that humanity at the heart of Molly Shannon’s comedy which makes it Catholic to the core.
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Review: What HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ teaches us about parenting and persevering
HBO’s “The Last of Us” is based on a 2013 video game of the same name, which itself earned widespread praise for its emotional storyline.
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20 years after his death, Mister Rogers still offers a model for authenticity in a digital age
What sets Fred Rogers apart from so many other public figures is very simple. I believe wholeheartedly that, given the chance, he would have been glad to meet me. And you.