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Cameron Bellm

Cameron Bellm writes the Spirit & Verse column at Jesuits.org and is the author of A Consoling Embrace: Prayers for a Time of Pandemic (2020) and No Unlikely Saints: A Mental Health Pilgrimage with Sacred Company (2021). She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.

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Actress Anna Kendrick, left, makes her directorial debut in the new Netflix film "Woman of the Hour," which tells the improbable but true story of a serial killer who appeared on a national dating show seeking his next victim in 1978. (Netflix/Leah Gallo)

For females, the terror of 'Woman of the Hour' is all too familiar

Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, "Woman of the Hour," tells the improbable but true story of a serial killer who appeared on a national dating show seeking his next victim in 1978.

Sun shines through leaves of a big tree in a cemetery.

'The Love of Thousands' describes building bridges beyond the veil

Christine Valters Paintner, author of the new book The Love of Thousands, talks about the process of writing the book, building bridges beyond the veil and practicing resurrection. 

"HIS-STORY" depicts a "homey" contemplating life in this acrylic on canvas by Fabian Debora. (Courtesy of Loyola Press)

Greg Boyle's new book offers modern parables of kinship

"People are constantly being invited to wholeness, which is holiness, I suppose," Greg Boyle says. "People are all just walking each other home. It's all about relational wholeness, and it's the relationship that heals."

Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde and Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde in Season Three of "Ozark" (Courtesy of Netflix © 2020)

The many baptisms of 'Ozark'

In a series poised between two iterations of Christianity, the main characters of "Ozark" have their own rite of initiation.

Rob Morgan plays Dr. Clayton "Teddy" Oglethorpe" in Netflix's "Don't Look Up." (Netflix/Niko Tavernise)

'Don't Look Up' highlights the deep sacramentality of human connection

Movie review: If "Don’t Look Up" is a mirror, this is what we see in it: We are a deeply distracted people, hypnotized by screens, inclined to argue first and seek facts later, if at all.

Lee Jung-jae stars in a scene from "Squid Game," streaming on Netflix. (CNS/Netflix/Noh Juhan)

The gospel according to 'Squid Game'

The popular Netflix series "Squid Game" is prophetic and apocalyptic — a revelation of a truth about our society that we do our best to ignore. It also provides a thorough illustration of the limitations of Christian platitudes in the face of overwhelming human suffering. 

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