First up is The Favourite, a darkly funny look at courtly backstabbing, political intrigue. Then Green Book, a film about racial tensions and friendship.
Our culture has tied Christmas fulfillment to the amassing of stuff.
Our writers share how traditions shape their Christmas celebrations.
In these seasons of Advent and Christmas especially, history points to a church whose worship is particularly political.
We are defined not just by who we are, but by who we are in relationship to one another.
Wade and Kevin check out Wreck-It Ralph to see if its satire of internet culture holds up, then review of Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters.
“There’s a visceral reaction to our flag—as there should be—because of its history. And here in Mississippi, we don’t know our history.”
Underoath and Emery both reveal what doubt, addiction, and perhaps even abandonment could feel like.
By playing to the canon in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, while at once forging their own trail, the Coens manage to both nod to and question the orthodoxy of what we’ve been told about the grand ‘ole world of outlaws and guns and rickety wagons.
This book is great short read on the trustworthiness of the Gospels, and perhaps a good read to share as Advent turns our culture’s attention to these same documents.
From Hallmark Christmas specials to receiving the perfect gift from that perfect someone, we’ve all taken in ideals that lead our hearts to unavoidable disappointment at Christmas.
He was the first man to walk on the moon, but he was a man first, along with all the foibles that come with manhood.
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