Article ‘The Nun’s Story’ Revisited However much we may admire the austerities and asceticism of pre-Vatican II religious life, the film depicts a closed world to which we cannot return By Paul BaumannDecember 4, 2018 Movies Spirituality Religious Life Women in the Church
Article Going Small Hollywood offered Big Movies this year. But two new indie films remind us that immense pleasure comes in small packagesBy Rand Richards CooperNovember 30, 2018 Movies Fiction
Article Christmas Critics Smart reading suggestions for the 2018 holiday seasonBy The EditorsNovember 19, 2018 Books Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Spirituality Movies
Article War, Commentary, Shipwrecks A carefully selected trio of diaries and diary-like works By Dominic PreziosiNovember 19, 2018 Environment Movies Nonfiction War and Peace
Article Makers & Takers Two new films showcase talented women whose husbands self-destruct—leaving them in mourning, even as they are freed to thriveBy Rand Richards CooperNovember 3, 2018 Movies
Article The Sublimity of the Super-Brat The new John McEnroe documentary dismisses the conventional wisdom surrounding the tennis giant, inviting us to see the poetry beneath his brashnessBy Rand Richards CooperSeptember 21, 2018 Movies
PoliticsHolding Dreamers for Ransom The no-exception rule only makes a bad situation worse. The pleasure the Trump administration seems to take in the process is disgustingBy Charles R. MorrisDecember 3, 2018
ReligionLet Church Be Church Again It is a challenging time, both for our nation and our church. But it can also be a graced moment, and an opportunity for healing. By Carol Keehan, DCNovember 27, 2018
ReligionWhy I Came & What I Found The church’s embrace is often a harsh one. I have been and continue to be pained by itBy Paul J. GriffithsNovember 26, 2018
CultureThe Bay Area’s ‘Infinite’ Loop Talk in the Bay Area often revolves around inequality. A new book of interviews with residents reveals a variety of views on the tech boom.By Kaya OakesNovember 15, 2018
CultureWhen Facts Were Enough Serious, informed, yet also passionate, ‘Silent Spring’ is a model of how to write for the general public about complicated thingsBy David CloutierNovember 6, 2018
BooksChristmas Critics Smart reading suggestions for the 2018 holiday seasonBy The EditorsNovember 19, 2018
CollectionsWhy We Came. Why We Left. Why We Stay. The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us By The EditorsDecember 3, 2018
