Batman Beyond Vengeance

by Alexi Sargeant

Despite its noir trappings and deeply dysfunctional Gotham, The Batman shows its protagonist growing in a way few other portrayals have. Continue Reading »

11 Mar 2022

There’s No Place for Us

by Liel Leibovitz

In 1947, the three most exciting Jews in American entertainment got together to plan their first collaboration. Jerome Robbins had struck Broadway box office gold with On the Town three years earlier. The same show proved that Leonard ­Bernstein was as skilled at writing a catchy tune as . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2022

Encanto and the Benedict Option

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

Any community of refuge, especially a Benedict Option community, must find a way for its members to support one another in moving from fear to courage, scarcity to charity, walls to windows. Continue Reading »

25 Jan 2022

Peter Bogdanovich, the Man Who Knew Too Much

by Peter Tonguette

Throughout his career, Bogdanovich stood apart from his New Hollywood peers, presenting a far milder view of human nature untainted by cynicism. Continue Reading »

12 Jan 2022

2021: Our Year in Film and Television

by Various

We asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph or two about the most memorable movies and TV shows they saw this year.
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30 Dec 2021

The Dune Phenomenon

by Elizabeth Bachmann

Dune isn’t merely the sci-fi novel of sweeping scope and futuristic gadgets, but a story of man’s craving for God. Continue Reading »

9 Nov 2021

The Moral Heart of The Green Knight

by Justin Lee

Critics who bemoan the film’s departures from its source material misapprehend the nature of adaptation, which requires interpreting and resituating a work of art. Continue Reading »

29 Sep 2021

Black Widow and the Bonds of Family

by Alexi Sargeant

Perhaps even the bonds of a fake family might be enough to topple a regime that hates family life. Continue Reading »

22 Jul 2021

A Memory Of Locustland

by Francis X. Maier

Switchblade Sisters is one of the most idiotic and embarrassing movies ever made. I should know. I wrote it. Continue Reading »

10 May 2021

The Perils of American Safetyism

by Sohrab Ahmari

Our safetyist attempts to eliminate all COVID risk have often gone beyond appropriate health precautions and ended up amplifying our social crises. Continue Reading »

30 Apr 2021