Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottDecember 30, 2020In 2020 the best TV was whatever got you through the night.
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottDecember 21, 2020Hidden amid its meme-ready moments, “The Mandalorian” is quietly investigating the inadequacy of our ideas about each other.
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottOctober 16, 2020‘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.
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottAugust 25, 2020Placing three Black characters at the center of a new TV series yields fresh, unexpected turns.
Faith Features
Jim McDermottAugust 21, 2020These modern retreat centers are helping people grow closer to God.
Arts & Culture Ideas
Jim McDermottFebruary 14, 2020At times “10 Things” feels like being witness to little acts of self-liberation.
Arts & Culture Television
Jim McDermottFebruary 01, 2020Watching the finale, my mind wandered through places in my life that have been special to me.
Faith Features
Jim McDermottJanuary 09, 2020Again and again I have watched Californians find a way beyond the categories they are supposed to occupy.
Arts & Culture Film
Jim McDermottDecember 27, 2019In my experience the separation of priest from everybody else is neither helpful nor based on any kind of truth.
Arts & Culture Ideas
Jim McDermottDecember 27, 2019How can it be that the finale of “Lost,” the introduction of the iPad and “Bridesmaids” all happened within the last 10 years?