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Her Name Is Monroe Christine
Her name is Monroe Christine. She is twenty months old. She was born on television. You see,…
“Grace” in Ebbing, Missouri
Local adman Red Welby (Caleb Landry Jones) is reading when Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) storms into his…
The Man Who Stole the World
When it comes to the great questions of existence, the real divide may be not between Christians…
Ring, Catholic Bells!
The bells at my parish had been silent for years. They rested in their tower quietly amid…
Superheroes Saving Us From Ourselves
In Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel has successfully adapted a classic comic book storyline featuring nearly all the…
How U2 Betrayed Rock ’n’ Roll
On May 25 Ireland will decide whether to repeal or retain the Eighth Amendment of our Constitution,…
The Weak Lead Us to Reality
Summer in the Forest, Randall Wright’s documentary on Jean Vanier and his L’Arche communities for the disabled,…
Witch Camp
I Am Not a Witch, the brilliant feature debut of Zambian-Welsh writer and director Rungano Nyoni, is…
Decline is a Choice (Partly)
Ross Douthat is right to say that the decline of the Oscars was overdetermined—but the rapidity, extent,…
Not Their Finest Hour
Why are we still obsessed with 1940? Anyone who experienced World War II as an adult is…
Light from Dirty Harry on Biblical Morality
Our English word “hypocrite” comes from the Greek for a stage-actor, hupokrisis. Does it follow that acting…
Millennials Strike Back: An Esoteric Reading of The Last Jedi
The new Star Wars movies start where, forty years ago, the original began. Despite the triumph at…
Slapstick Tragedy
I, Tonya is a biopic/mockumentary about figure skater Tonya Harding (played by Margot Robbie)—United States champion in…
Martyrdom in The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is an excellent addition to the Star Wars canon, precisely because it…
Superheroic Testimonies
The most extraordinary image in any movie this century appears in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It…
