Voices

John Dougherty is the director of mission and ministry at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, Pa.
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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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Dr. Frankenstein has harnessed the divine power to create life, without sparing a thought to the responsibility that entails.
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“Nosferatu” is a potent portrait of evil, both supernatural and mundane.
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Ghost stories speak to how deeply we love, but also to a desire to prolong our lives however we can.
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"All That Breathes" links environmental degradation with the degradation of human beings.
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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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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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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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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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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.