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

What We’ve Been Reading—March 2021

by Editors

Our editors reflect on their latest reads. Continue Reading »

23 Mar 2021

A Sword Against Spiritual Foes

by John Wilson

The deep fallibility of the hero keeps The Emperor's Sword from seeming morally simplistic and self-satisfied. Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2021

The Wasted Potential of Wonder Woman 1984

by Leah Libresco Sargeant

In the recent Wonder Woman 1984, Diana isn’t facing down an enemy power, but a distinctly American moral threat. Continue Reading »

27 Jan 2021

Judging by the Cover

by John Wilson

The Look of the Book nudged me repeatedly to hunt in my own shelves and stacks for books the look of which had caught my eye once upon a time. Continue Reading »

10 Dec 2020

Ron Howard’s Disappointing Hillbilly Elegy

by Gracy Olmstead

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 »

1 Dec 2020

A Year of Reading: 2020

by John Wilson

A Thanksgiving feast of book recommendations from 2020. Continue Reading »

26 Nov 2020

What We've Been Reading—11.23.20

by Editors

R. R. Reno on Geoffrey Kabaservice, Mark Bauerlein on Lewis and Clark, and Jacquelyn Lee on Mother Benedict.  Continue Reading »

23 Nov 2020

Solzhenitsyn: More Than Fashionable

by John Wilson

I find that most younger readers today, while recognizing Solzhenitsyn's name, have never read him. Continue Reading »

30 Oct 2020

Coming Attractions for Autumn

by John Wilson

Suffice it to say that we’re not likely, anytime soon, to run out of books (new and old alike) worth reading and sharing with others. Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2020