2021: Our Year in Film and Television
by VariousWe 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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The Dune Phenomenon
by Elizabeth BachmannDune isn’t merely the sci-fi novel of sweeping scope and futuristic gadgets, but a story of man’s craving for God. Continue Reading »
The Moral Heart of The Green Knight
by Justin LeeCritics 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 »
Our Year in Film and Television: 2020
by VariousWe asked some of our writers to contribute a paragraph about the most memorable movies and TV shows they saw this year. Continue Reading »
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 »
Benjamin Watson Tackles Abortion
by John MurdockA recent documentary on abortion, Divided Hearts of America, invites conversations rather than condemnations. Continue Reading »
The Anti-Romantic
by Matthew SchmitzWhat Éric Rohmer said of one of his characters could be said of him as well: He was committed to “redoing all of Rousseau in reverse.” His films are anti-romantic. They reject romantic notions of liberation and autonomy. They critique the cult of romantic love. They warn against a romantic . . . . Continue Reading »
The Rabbi Who Chose Trans Orthodoxy
by Sarah RindnerFor 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 »
The Fallen Men of Film Noir
by Matthew SchmitzIn the mid-1940s, Hollywood began to make a new kind of crime film. Combining sex and violence, lust and greed, the “noir” was distinguished by the darkness of its themes and photography. Double Indemnity (1944) was, as a critic noted in the New York Times, “the first of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Evildoers and Their Art
by Peter HitchensEric 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 »
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