Table Matters: On St. Thomas, Tolkien and *Babette's Feast*
Father Samuel Fontana reflects on how the pleasure of eating together engenders gratitude and builds community.
ArteFact
A Spotlight on Culture
Through reviews and longer articles, ArteFact keeps a finger on the pulse of how our culture is reflecting on itself.
Film Fiction Theatre Music Poetry
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Film
What Noble Gossamers We Weave: Art, Religion, and The Coen Brothers
Mark Thomas ponders the anomalous fictions of the Coen Brothers' most religious films.
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Film
The Grace of Everyday Life
Manchester By The Sea, 2016. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan.
Review |
Fiction
A Modern Morality Tale
Lois Lowry, The Giver (Houghton Mifflin,1993; Ember Books, 2006)
Review |
Fiction
An Extraordinary Tale of Ordinary People
Willa Cather, Shadows on the Rock (Vintage Classics, 1931)
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Fiction
Factual Fiction
Sono Ayako, Miracles: A Novel, translated by Kevin Doak (MerwinAsia, 2016)
Review |
Fiction
Unpacking a Timeless Tale
Anna Maria Mendell, The Golden Princess and the Moon (Angelico, 2016).
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Film
The Animal and the Angel: Two Anti-Love Stories
Two dystopian visions explore current fallacies about human love in a culture where flesh and spirit fail to connect.
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Film
Joyous Turn
Risen, 2016. Directed by Kevin Reynolds.
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Film
A Promise of Healing
The Vessel, 2016. Written and Directed by Julio Quintana.