A new novel (and movie) about Vladimir Putin’s chief spin-doctor explain how the true battle between Ukraine and Russia is not one of warring armies, but of competing narratives
Steven TuckerMarch 4, 2025
“Anora” (2024), nominated for six Oscars, is a deeply spiritual film—not in spite of its depictions of sex, drugs, and violence, but because of them.
Cliff SmithJanuary 23, 2025
Tim Burton’s “Nightmare Before Christmas” is ultimately about the unavoidable enchantment that comes with the story of God choosing to dwell among men
John SheltonDecember 19, 2024
Though “Joker: Folie à Deux” was negatively received, audiences would do well to reconsider the deeply spiritual elements of the film
Jonathan EnglishNovember 29, 2024
Though Conclave is lazy and pandering, the book version does include an interesting examination of the intrinsic tensions within the Roman Catholic Church as embodying both temporal politics and spiritual guidance
Trey DimsdaleOctober 29, 2024
The Wizard is inexplicable, which was his power. And the whole world was a beneficiary.
Mark TooleySeptember 3, 2024
Col. Jessup and Machiavelli agree: sometimes, you need to stop moralizing and do what needs to be done for the sake of national self-preservation
Phillip DolitskyJuly 23, 2024
On Memorial Day, let’s celebrate our military as an institution Americans can still trust
Eric PattersonMay 27, 2024
The major difference between Guy Ritchie’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare(MUW) and the historical operation that the film depicts is the…
Marc LiVeccheMay 3, 2024