The Pope's Exorcist

The true story of Father Gabriele Amorth gets a Conjuring-style makeover

"...absolutely necessary. Complicated mythology about secret organizations within the Catholic church? Essential viewing. Much of the fun comes in..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

A Very Jewish Horror in Attachment

Filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason discusses cultural authenticity

"...Catholicism has ruined the supernatural. Too many horror films in..."

April 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...is urging the governor, who professes to be a Catholic, to read the Bible story contained in Mark 5...."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Texas travel news and events for spring

"...the property will continue to be owned by the Catholic Diocese of Victoria, but operated by THC. The Diocese..."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Godspell

St. Ed’s turns stale water into drinkable wine

"...Moody Northen Theatre. The school is, after all, a Catholic institution, and the musical is deeply ensconced in the..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Trust Is the Vibe at Fallout Theater

The Downtown comedy club celebrates its fifth anniversary by looking to the future

"...posters as you enter the theatre space, or the "Catholic" incense burned to create an effect of a weirdo..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

The Devil Conspiracy

Nineties Catholic creature feature crap flies again!

"...As someone who straddled the lines between Catholicism and horror at a young age, I was destined..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lingua Ignota, Daniel Fears, Mobley, a Doug Sahm celebration, and more worthy local shows

"...her average body count per track high. Not unlike Catholic Sunday services, Lingua Ignota's unsparing, cathartic live performances have..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Dale Carter Sings The Song of the Cicada

AFF documentary explores the life of a Texas mortician

"...a very few morticians who would work at a Catholic-run hospice for people with an HIV diagnosis. "I used..."

Nov. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Prey for the Devil

The Last Exorcism director returns to demon-busting

"...Last Exorcism, returns to his demon-busting ways as the Catholic Church starts training new exorcists, only for the Devil..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review

In the Wake of COVID Seton Nurses Unionize

The new union wants reasonable shifts, cost-of-living wage adjustments

"...drive: "Consistent with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, we respect our nurses' right to..."

Sept. 30, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Fantastic Fest Review: Huesera

Motherhood told in splintered bones and fractured identity

"...however, appear limited. Abortion seems to be out – Catholic imagery and practices are heavily referenced throughout – and..."

Sept. 27, 2022 Screens Post by Jasmine Lane

Carmen

Maltese midlife crisis comedy is a pleasant if undemanding jaunt

"...The Catholic Church in Malta at the time maintained a time-worn..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Medieval

Brutal historical epic gives gritty, accessible life to a Czech icon

"...it sparks a bloody battle for control of the Catholic church. Caught between two monarchs and the rebellious forces..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Clerks III

Deservedly self-indulgent return to the Quick Stop where Kevin Smith began

"...(because it's not a Kevin Smith film without his Catholic angst seeping in somewhere), and a host of buddies..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas

"...Shiner Catholic Church Fall Picnic Sept. 4, Shiner, sscmshiner.org/fall-picnic..."

Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Five Austin Filming Locations to Make You Feel Like a Star

Get your cameras out for the most memorable Austin movie moments

"...the most famous scenes is the shoot-out in a Catholic church, and while the interior was filmed on a..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Fake Disease That Saved Real Lives in Syndrome K

New documentary reveals a secret history of Italian resistance

"...new documentary Syndrome K reveals, a group of Italian Catholic doctors weaponized this idea and turned it against the..."

Aug. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Putting It Down for Posterity

75 years after Partition, Neha Aziz excavates family history and firsthand accounts for a 10-part podcast series

"...War II documentary Syndrome K, about how an Italian Catholic hospital hid Jews from the Nazis...."

Aug. 12, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's

14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...all over the outside." The slight, unassuming Gomez, a Catholic priest since 2015, wears his ancient Raul's T-shirt for..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish out a hot summer with a cool adventure

"...for the 167th Praha Prazska Pout and St. Mary’s Catholic Church Homecoming. Held every year on August 15, this..."

Aug. 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin at Large: We Knew This Was Trouble

Institutional Democrats fail their parenting tests at the dawn of the Dobbs era

"...Casey, father of the current senator, was an anti-abortion Catholic Democrat) – was adopted in 1982, when I was..."

July 1, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 17-23

"...Sagittarius author Edna O'Brien long ago shed the strict Catholic faith in which she was raised. But she still..."

June 17, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Opinion: Governor Abbott, Do Not Tell Our Children the Same Story About AR-15s

A survivor of an AR-15 reflects on the governor’s position on gun violence and the mental health crisis

"...84 miles from Uvalde, and was baptized in the Catholic Church. I was raised by the Republican side of..."

June 10, 2022 Column by Julia A. Olson

Benediction

The closeted life of British World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon

"...Voices, Still Lives, a dreamy diptych about a working-class Catholic family in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool. Except for the..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin at Large: Neither Slumber Nor Sleep

We will be othered, threatened, vilified, even fired upon. We must not let it stop us.

"...ourselves to keep each other from all evil. Irish Catholic Beto O'Rourke believes similar things about God, though not..."

May 27, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: Asymmetrical Info Warfare

Scorched-earth polarization makes us see our foes’ weaknesses as strengths

"...right-wing forces in American public life. (Even prominent pro-life Catholic thinkers who support the outcome are embarrassed by how..."

May 13, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...and combat boots. Another day, it could be a Catholic schoolboy’s little black suit. All I’m saying is I..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Holy Glow of TV in Hollywood Priest

New documentary on the life and faith of producer priest Bud Keiser

"...priest was assigned to the St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Los Angeles: rather than rail against Hollywood..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Aline

Bizarre not-quite-a-biopic of Céline Dion

"...of childish energy that recalled for me Molly Shannon’s Catholic schoolgirl SNL creation, Mary Katherine Gallagher. It’s so out..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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