I was recently sent a podcast conducted by two of my favorite thinkers: Bishop Robert Barron and Michael Knowles. It was a wide-ranging discussion of theology, philosophy, politics, culture, and film, prompted by Knowles writing the foreword to a reissue…
At this point, Greta Gerwig is widely recognized as a rising star in the film industry — not as an actress, but as a screenwriter and director. Responsible for films like Lady Bird, Little Women (2019), and Barbie, she’s clearly…
There aren’t many true masculine figures left in television. Jon Hamm is one of the last. You feel it immediately when he appears in Your Friends & Neighbors, his first major TV lead since Mad Men ended over a decade ago. Hamm doesn’t just…
Not much has changed since 1939 when it comes to the existence of government corruption. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a classic Frank Capra film, centered around a man sent to Washington who becomes determined to stop corruption, waste,…
Contrary to popular belief, the Dark Ages weren’t so dark. As much as secular historians hate to admit it, Christianity held Western Civilization together from the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 AD to the start of the Renaissance…
Robert Altman’s film The Player (1992), which explores the dark underbelly of Hollywood with its story of an unscrupulous producer, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), who murders a screenwriter, still resonates more than 30 years since its release. Seth Rogen has…
Everything you need to know about the current state of American culture can be learned in this weekend’s movie box-office report. Disney’s feminist live-action Snow White remake plunged a catastrophic 66 percent in its second round to an abysmal $14…
Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops By Tim Robey (Hanover Square Press, 334 pages, $33) No institution in America takes itself as seriously as Hollywood — think George Clooney who hasn’t made a significant film in…
Of the recently departed Gene Hackman’s greatest hits — take your pick among The French Connection, Unforgiven, and The Royal Tenenbaums, among others — the most loved, at least for those seeking a fairytale David versus Goliath sports redemption story,…
