Eve Tushnet

In the film I Am Not a Witch we see how every human society interprets its own beliefs as damage, and routes around them. Continue Reading »

I, Tonya lets you see yourself in a woman who bitterly recalls how she became a criminal and a punchline.  Continue Reading »

A Book of American Martyrsby joyce carol oatesecco, 752 pages, $29.99 A Book of American Martyrs, Joyce Carol Oates’s novel about the shooting of an abortionist by a Christian “Soldier of God,” is perfectly unempathetic. Lately we’ve heard a lot about how important it is to feel empathy . . . . Continue Reading »

Kayla Rae Whitaker’s debut novel about two cartoonists, The Animators, asks whether the overexamined life is worth living. Continue Reading »

The gripping film The Unknown Girl shows us a world where guilty people are desperate for the freedom granted by confession. Continue Reading »

Alberto Rodríguez's film “Marshland” is a haunting combination of detective tale and truth-and-reconciliation case study.  Continue Reading »

Carmen Boullosa’s They’re Cows, We’re Pigs transforms a pirate adventure into a gripping meditation on utopia, embodiment, and brotherhood. Continue Reading »

The sole remaining source of authority, in the world of the new future history play Charles III, is vulnerability. Continue Reading »

Roe tells the stories of women who wanted an abortion and found it hard to get. The play never imagines what it’s like to believe abortion is wrong when all the authorities and powers in your life are lined up to pressure you to violate your conscience. Continue Reading »

The film is in large part about the failures and sins of American church culture—but you can also tell that Cone is honoring the place and community that shaped him. Continue Reading »