The Myth of Empress Elisabeth
by Veronica ClarkeCorsage, directed by Marie Kreutzer, is the latest film adaptation of Elisabeth's life. Continue Reading »
Corsage, directed by Marie Kreutzer, is the latest film adaptation of Elisabeth's life. Continue Reading »
The idiotic, self-devouring cultural dialectic of Ireland since independence has ensured that its own damaged iconographies have blocked access to certain elements of the past, and therefore stymied present artists. Continue Reading »
We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable films and TV shows they watched this year. Continue Reading »
The purpose of this column is to suggest books (some from 2022, some published earlier) that might appeal to various people on your Christmas gift list. Continue Reading »
As stewards, it is our duty to take care of the earth. The new documentary Delikado bears brave witness to the fact that this is not always easy. Continue Reading »
A society that lacks a teleology of desire also lacks normative, transcendent models of desire. “Few people want to be saints nowadays,” wrote René Girard, “but everybody is trying to lose weight.” Continue Reading »
With the referendums on marriage and abortion comfortably won, with gender self-ID written into law, where next for a country that has staked its new identity on a maximalist adoption of liberalism? Continue Reading »
Seen today, Jazz on a Summer’s Day shimmers with its glimpses of a world in which people, for all their differences, shared so much. When was the last time so many people got together with such geniality and grace? Continue Reading »
In declaring that it is inappropriate for a straight actor to play a gay man on screen, Hanks negates the importance of the shared humanity that makes him empathetic in the first place. Continue Reading »