Suburban Coercion
by The Editors The First Things Podcast, Episode 26. Featuring: FX’s The Americans, and John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
Waiting for a Young Pope
by Matthew SchmitzThe Young Pope depicts a Church that no longer seeks the favor of the world—and is all the more fabulous for . . . . Continue Reading »
Rural Revenge
by K. E. ColombiniWill the entertainment industry seek ways to placate (and profit from) viewers in that great swath of the country referred to as the heartland? Continue Reading »
More Fascinating than Fiction
by Fr. George W. RutlerThe first Elizabeth was a genius and a monster. Elizabeth II is neither, and that could be the formula for banality. But it may be its own kind of power—in life and onscreen. Continue Reading »
Fugitive Commitments
by Richard T. WhittingtonSearch Party has received praise for its performances and cutting wit. But the series succeeds because it goes beyond generational caricature and hipster-bashing and lays bare an aching human need for narrative and connection Continue Reading »
Cowboys, Robots, and Private Eyes
by The EditorsThe First Things Podcast, Episode 15. Featuring: Hardboiled detective novels and HBO’s Westworld.
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The Exorcist Takes Christianity Seriously
by Wesley J. SmithMany programs depict evil as real, of course. But only rarely do we see an unabashed presentation of practiced religion as the antidote. Continue Reading »
Disenchanted Westworld
by David RoarkOur engagement with the arts is no longer guided by emotion and imagination, but by reason. It’s why we walk away from a show like Westworld concerned with and moved by logos—“theories”—rather than ethos and pathos. Continue Reading »
Sins of Their Fathers
by Alexi SargeantA new film, The Innocents, tells a moving story of healing and grace without downplaying the grief and trauma that preceded them. And it does this while addressing a moral blind spot of our popular culture. Continue Reading »
Axis America
by David RandallAmazon serializes The Man in the High Castle, the Philip K. Dick novel that asked: What would we be like if we had lost World War II? Continue Reading »
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