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Voices
John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Dougherty
In ’Millions,’ Nine-year-old Damian’s relationship with the saints is stylized and often comical, but it also feels honest.
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John Dougherty
Dr. Frankenstein has harnessed the divine power to create life, without sparing a thought to the responsibility that entails.
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John Dougherty
“Nosferatu” is a potent portrait of evil, both supernatural and mundane.
Rooney Mara stars in a scene from the movie “A Ghost Story” 
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John Dougherty
Ghost stories speak to how deeply we love, but also to a desire to prolong our lives however we can.
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John Dougherty
"All That Breathes" links environmental degradation with the degradation of human beings.
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John Dougherty
The documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story" shows us how the man beneath the cape embraced off-screen heroism by accepting his own vulnerable humanity.
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John Dougherty
A public toilet cleaner who lives alone, Hirayama has discovered deep meaning and beauty in a life that others would demean or reject.
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John Dougherty
By focusing on parental grief, “Mass” grounds us in human tragedy even as it touches on the political and social implications of the epidemic of school shootings in the United States.
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John Dougherty
James Earl Jones, who died this week, was a prominent figure on stage and screen. He also possessed a voice—and a presence—that has become iconic in American culture.
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John Dougherty
We often don’t recognize our influences until much later. It’s the things we’re closest to that we have the most trouble seeing clearly.