Arts & Culture

Three recent books aim to fill a gap in publishers’ catalogs: books about feminine spirituality.

A purported documentary infused with fictitious elements, the fascinating, evocative and revelatory film is currently streaming on Netflix.

Very few games these days can leave you breathless. But “Beat Saber” achieves that effect in the course of just one song.

The Holy Land Friars of the Order of St. Francis are commemorating the 800th anniversary of the encounter between St. Francis and Sultan Al-Malik Al-Kamil.

Visitors to Smithsonian art museums in Washington got a special treat this summer when an exhibit on Chinese empresses also featured a rare display by two Jesuit missionaries whose artwork was in the past largely seen only by royalty and high government officials.

With a shared-economy premise that’s no doubt meant to be timely and an odd-couple pairing as hoary as David Letterman’s beard, “Stuber” (Fox) takes viewers for a spin. But the result is no joy ride.

Rose Lavelle skyrocketed from a star player, loping across the soccer fields at her Catholic girls high school in Cincinnati, to a superstar, scoring three goals for the U.S. women’s team at the World Cup and winning the Bronze Ball as the third-best player in the tournament.

All dressed up as slow-moving psychological horror, “Midsommar” (A24) relies on the stale trope of feckless naive visitors to a primitive tribe that specializes in unnatural practices.