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Holy grail: how Hollywood can get religious movies rightWith Easter come new faith-based movie offerings – and an opportunity to evaluate religion on the big screen. What can filmmakers improve?
Bye-bye harassment: Musicians take a stand for festival safetyTired of complacent attitudes at shows, millennial artists bolstered by #MeToo are stepping up with harassment solutions for festivals like Coachella.
What ain’t country about ‘Old Town Road’?“Old Town Road,” America’s No. 1 song raises fresh questions: What is a country song? And who is a country songwriter?
In a WordSpring flowers by any other name ...Flower names are etymologically fascinating. Did you know that daffodils and the Greek myth of Narcissus are connected?
The day I heard poetry callIn Mr. Katz’s class, the mundanities of junior high yielded to a ‘mud-lucious’ world.
A fresh, new design for The Christian Science Monitor WeeklyEasier to read, more space for photos, and a clean, contemporary design – the refreshed Monitor Weekly begins with the combined April 22 & 29 issue. We take an inside look with three of its designers.
Top Picks: ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?,’ Karen O’s ‘Lux Prima,’ and moreYannis Philippakis’ voice is immaculate on Foals’ fifth album ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 1,’ there's a new version of ‘Les Misérables,’ and more top picks.
‘Diane’ is a quiet pleasureDocumentarian Kent Jones’ ‘Diane’ is a rare look at rural, working-class people – without a hint of condescension.
Aretha Franklin soars to the heights in ‘Amazing Grace’The 1972 documentary languished for four decades, but it’s finally taking a well-deserved place in the spotlight.
In a WordIf it weren’t for the Romans, we’d miss springSpring itself wasn’t always called “spring.” In fact, the earliest inhabitants of Britain didn’t recognize this season.
A driver’s educationI was late for my teaching assignment when a dicey shortcut presented itself.
Through an African lens, ‘a story for the world’Priya Ramrakha, one of the first African photographers for Time and Life magazines, was an insider to the independence era of the 1950s and ’60s.
Apple joins the streaming menu, but are viewers already full?Apple’s new streaming service brings big-name content to a saturated market. Is there a point at which consumers rethink their ability to partake of it all?
'Dumbo' never manages to soarIn director Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo,’ we don’t even get much of Burton’s trademark scurviness.
‘The Eyes of Orson Welles’ focuses on director’s artworkThe movie is a literal love letter to the legendary filmmaker.
Top Picks: Dido's 'Still on My Mind,' PBS's 'Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People,' and moreThe film 'Burning' is available on DVD and Blu-ray, producer Andrew Huang makes enjoyable, interesting music using fireworks, shaving supplies, and Legos, and more top picks.
The top movies to see in MarchThe films that impressed Monitor film critic Peter Rainer this month include ‘The Highwaymen’ and ‘Ash Is Purest White.’
In a WordWhatnots, commodes, and credenzasI never got a whatnot growing up, even though I always wanted one. But what exactly is a whatnot? This week I decided to find out once and for all.
We are observedWe saw their comings and goings. Then we found where they went.
Rock on. How biopics are giving rock ’n’ roll new life.Copycat biopics are blossoming now that Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ showed what’s possible. Does more artist involvement reveal a concern about their music enduring in an age of information overload?
