Ron Howard’s Disappointing Hillbilly Elegy
by Gracy OlmsteadWe are owed better films about Appalachia and the Rust Belt—about the “back row Americans” who are at once incredibly ordinary and incredibly extraordinary. Continue Reading »
We are owed better films about Appalachia and the Rust Belt—about the “back row Americans” who are at once incredibly ordinary and incredibly extraordinary. Continue Reading »
A recent documentary on abortion, Divided Hearts of America, invites conversations rather than condemnations. Continue Reading »
For Yaakov Smith, a transgender person who lives and teaches in Jerusalem, Orthodoxy is a bit like the exaggerated femininity of the drag queen. Continue Reading »
Eric Gill and Roman Polanski are both guilty of revolting crimes. But should we be punished by being deprived of the results of their undeniable talent? Continue Reading »
Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life tells the story of Austrian martyr Franz Jägerstätter and his wife Fani, who suffer as one body even when they are apart. Continue Reading »
The movie Yesterday imagines a world without The Beatles. Continue Reading »
The pro-choice movement has thrived because of its extraordinary ability to mask what it’s really about. Continue Reading »
Unplanned has flaws as a film, but it is a compelling indictment of Planned Parenthood. Continue Reading »
Like a number of poets, Terrence Malick fumbles to express a common experience: the inexplicable longing that elevates the soul and fills it with an agonizing hope. Continue Reading »
The Coens’ hipness isn’t skin deep, but it doesn’t go all the way down either. Continue Reading »