Nuns
The New Yorker Interview
Paul Verhoeven Wants to Keep Things Light and Playful
The director-provocateur behind the new film “Benedetta” talks about sex-scene choreography, the revolutionary Jesus, and the art of compromise.
On Religion
A Nun’s Journey in the Amazon
How do you make a difference in a struggle that may never end?
On Religion
The Renegade Nuns Who Took On a Pipeline
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ see protecting the earth as part of their religious duty. When an energy company started building on their land, they fought back.
The Pictures
Aunt Lydia’s Garden Karma
The in-demand character actress Ann Dowd on her adventures with cattle prods, nuns, and hoarders.
Second Act
Maggie Betts on Nuns Jilted by God
In “Novitiate,” the writer-director takes an unexpectedly sensual look at convent life.
The Sporting Scene
The Nuns Who Love Chris Mullin
A Reporter at Large
Break-In at Y-12
The Current Cinema
Road Trips
Briefly Noted
Ignorance
News Desk
Nuns on the Ferry
Amy Davidson Sorkin
Priests on Mars, Nuns in America
Amy Davidson Sorkin
The War on Nuns: Two Women Go to Rome
Amy Davidson Sorkin
A War on Nuns?
Books
Laureate of Terror
Critic’s Notebook
Novel Approach
Fiction
Matinée
Fiction
Asleep in the Lord
Briefly Noted
Nuns Behaving Badly
Briefly Noted
The Convent
Amy Davidson Sorkin