Voices
Jake Martin, S.J. is an assistant professor of film studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He received his PhD in Film Studies from Trinity College, Dublin in 2023. His book What’s So Funny About Faith: A Memoir from the Intersection of the Hilarious and Holy was published by Loyola Press in 2012.
Arts & CultureTelevision
The series tells the story of the Gunpowder Plot, when a group of Catholics plotted to blow up Parliament.
Arts & CultureIdeas
The Queue is part of the mythology that makes the Wimbledon experience an experience at all; it goes hand in hand with the strawberries and cream and the all-white attire.
Arts & CultureTelevision
This is not TV viewing for the faint of heart or any other parts of the soul for that matter.
Arts & CultureFilm
"The Most Hated Woman in America" indicts Madalyn Murray O’Hair as no better than the corrupt religious leaders that she railed against.
Arts & CultureIdeas
“Last Week Tonight” is the best example of the power that humor can have in bringing about change.
Arts & CultureTelevision
What is it about Sherlock; drama that elicits such admiration and, at times, troubling obsessiveness?
Arts & CultureIn All Things
The Cubs not winning was a lot like mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese—comfortable and cozy.
Television
‘Making a Murderer’ upends our preconceived notions of who the good guys and bad guys are.
Film
"Suffragette," like all films of its kind—historical dramas about social injustice—are from what I like to call the “eat your vegetables because they’re good for you” school of cinema.
