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2+ hour, 3+ min ago (11+ words) Interview: Craig Finn on the ritual of a rock concert'America Magazine...
Train Dreams" is about an ordinary life. But it points toward the extraordinary.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (993+ words) America Media interprets the church for the world and the world for the church. We are a forum for discussion of religion, society, politics and culture from a Catholic perspective. The Ignatian traditions of "finding God in all things" and…...
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9+ mon, 3+ week ago (268+ words) Pixar's best films understand that kids are capable of profound emotional intelligence. As they try to regain their former success, I think that is what they should focus on. Twenty years ago, David Foster Wallace delivered one of the most…...
Review: A new biography of Lin-Manuel Miranda tells his creative origin story
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (141+ words) Simon & Schuster400p $30 From the start, Miranda was the kind of kid who positively thrived in the public eye, even before he had demonstrable talent or chops. In the book's telling, his life so far has been a series of triumphs on…...
Interview: "Knives Out" director Rian Johnson on the Catholic inspiration for "Wake Up Dead Man"
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (383+ words) Mr. Johnson spoke with America about his own experience with faith, getting the Catholic details right and the detective stories that inspired the film. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. You grew up in a Protestant denomination....
Seamus Heaney's hidden spiritual life
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (762+ words) This article is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. Naturally I went on to school myself as best I could from catechised youth into secular adult. The study of…...
Catholic Movie Club: What Frederick Wiseman's "Essene' reveals about monastic life
1+ week, 19+ min ago (1165+ words) America Media interprets the church for the world and the world for the church. We are a forum for discussion of religion, society, politics and culture from a Catholic perspective. The Ignatian traditions of "finding God in all things" and…...
Even as the subject of a documentary, SNL's Lorne Michaels is a bit of a mystery
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (288+ words) Right at the start, the film confronts this paradox. The narrator jokingly reveals that Michaels allowed the crew to document his life but still did his best to avoid the cameras as much as possible. Almost immediately, it becomes clear…...
The Catholic stories Ken Burns left out of his new American Revolution documentary
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (582+ words) Like many of Burns's earlier works, this one has been made possible by PBS, an institution Burns regards as essential, because neither streaming platforms nor cable outlets would support the years of production his films demand. He started this project…...
Catholic literature and the restoration of culture
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (571+ words) The Catholic literary canon saved my faith'and, I believe, my sanity." As we all know now, most online voices are out purely for their own agendas and remain quite ready to dismiss, dissect and discard any person who will not…...