1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (870+ words) Donate To Support Our Journalism! (ANALYSIS) "KPop Demon Hunters" has taken the world by storm. The animated Sony-Netflix original is Netflix's most-watched movie or show of all time (by a mile) with 481.6 million views worldwide in the second half of…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (541+ words) (ANALYSIS) "Write what you know," is advice given to many who feel inspired to take up the pen " or, these days, sit at a computer. When it comes to writing about religion, though, including the Catholic Church, it's amazing how…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (261+ words) Last year was a big one for film. Theaters drew people in for a wide variety of stories. Moviegoers saw thrillers like Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" and Josh Safdie's "Marty Supreme." They saw the returns of beloved…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (504+ words) (ANALYSIS) Before playing Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now," actor Robert Duvall, a U.S. Army veteran, persuaded a Vietnam War helicopter pilot to explain the realities of air cavalry life. To portray Augustus McCrae in "Lonesome Dove," Duvall studied equestrian…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (527+ words) (ANALYSIS) Faith never seems far from the Oscars. Each year, many of the Best Picture nominees deal in some way with religion. How they portray it gives a good snapshot into how Hollywood is wrestling with spirituality at the time....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (622+ words) Over 1,000 years ago, Norse gods like Odin, Loki, Thor and Freya were worshipped across Scandinavia.Now there are indications that Norse Paganism is becoming a significant force once again. The number of believers is steadily rising, with new temples and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (522+ words) (ANALYSIS) Imagine a world where crimes are stopped before they even take place. Science fiction has imagined this world, most famously in the 2002 film "Minority Report," where society can predict criminal acts and allow authorities to intervene in advance. Today,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (924+ words) Donate To Support Our Journalism! (ANALYSIS) In 1945, C. S. Lewis published a strange, unsettling novel called "That Hideous Strength." It was marketed as fiction, but it read like prophecy. At the time, many critics dismissed it as eccentric. Too symbolic. Too mystical....

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (814+ words) Donate To Support Our Journalism! (ANALYSIS) People love to talk about "profound" philosophers. Socrates with his questions. Nietzsche with his hammer. Marx with his systems. But George Santayana rarely gets the same reverence, despite the unsettling precision of his view…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (661+ words) (ESSAY) The death of Robert Duvall on Sunday at age 95 marks the passing of one of America's most searching and soulful actors " a man whose performances were forged not only from craft, but from conviction. " For more than six decades,…...