Jesus Revolution is a tale ripe for the excesses of made-by-evangelicals filmmaking, where drama often morphs into preachy melodrama. But, to their credit, the filmmaking team largely resists those temptations. 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 »
Myth, legend, and the Bible all warn of the dangers of looking where we ought not. Those who turn their gaze in the wrong direction are cursed, blinded, turned to stone or salt, transformed into deer, and hunted down by their own hounds. Freud, the great modern mythologist, redirected retribution . . . . 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 »
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