Abortion on Trial
by John WatersThe film Gosnell is a journey to the heart of America’s hypocrisy. Continue Reading »
Demons of the Machine
by Justin LeePersons ripe for possession lack a proper telos. Continue Reading »
Paul Schrader’s Acts of Repentance
by Armond WhiteReligious films rarely receive critical acclaim these days, but a recent exception is Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. Continue Reading »
“Grace” in Ebbing, Missouri
by Peter J. LeithartWriter and director Martin McDonagh has put us in a Flannery O’Connor world. Continue Reading »
Portals of the Past
by Matthew SchmitzWhen the Sight & Sound poll—the oldest and most prestigious film ranking—declared in 2012 that Vertigo was the greatest film ever made, Armond White denounced the film’s admirers for their “obsessive interest in pathology and soullessness.” James Wolcott dismissed the . . . . Continue Reading »
Superheroes Saving Us From Ourselves
by Christopher R. AltieriThe moral of Avengers: Infinity War is that life is good—indeed, that life is a good, one the good guys seek to preserve, and bad guys seek to destroy. Continue Reading »
The Weak Lead Us to Reality
by Leah Libresco SargeantSummer in the Forest, a documentary on Jean Vanier's L’Arche communities for the disabled, reminds us that we are all fragile, and that we must love one another. Continue Reading »
Witch Camp
by Eve TushnetIn the film I Am Not a Witch we see how every human society interprets its own beliefs as damage, and routes around them. Continue Reading »
Decline is a Choice (Partly)
by Pete SpiliakosHollywood, like so many of our elites, has chosen short-term advantage over the health of shared institutions. Continue Reading »
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