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September 2022

September 13, 2022

“No Way Home” and Whether God Should Change the Past

Spider-Man: No Way Home is one of those movies that, by all accounts, I should’ve...

June 2022

June 02, 2022

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” Wasn’t Really My Thing

After seeing a lot of folks I respect rave about it, earlier this week I...

May 2022

May 19, 2022

The Movie Sequels You Hate Are About Technological Progress

It's become almost an article of faith that “toxic fans”—those who like to rail online...

February 2022

February 25, 2022

“Pan’s Labyrinth” and the Logic of Sacrifice

Last weekend, while I had the house to myself, I treated myself to the Criterion...

January 2022

January 17, 2022

James Bond and the Redemption of Masculinity

Like so many other longstanding fictional characters, James Bond has always been a man of...

October 2021

October 22, 2021

Finding What We Want in “Midnight Mass”

On the recommendation of some folks whose opinions I trust, I recently invested seven hours...

September 2021

September 09, 2021

The “Matrix” Sequels Are Better Than You Remember

It’s become a matter of conventional wisdom that the Wachowski siblings’ Matrix film trilogy—which first...

February 2021

February 17, 2021

Neil Gaiman’s Pagan Beowulf

Robert Zemeckis’s 2007 film Beowulf is a curious beast. It’s a PG-13 motion-capture/CGI hybrid, one...

December 2020

December 30, 2020

Zorro, Myth, and Kingship

If there’s a single action movie I can say I was raised on—with the possible...

October 2020

October 21, 2020

The Clash of Traditions in “The Nightmare Before Christmas”

A few days ago, my wife and I dropped by our mostly-empty neighborhood movie theater...

September 2020

September 11, 2020

“The Burnt Orange Heresy” Is a Haunting Art-World Fable

Abstract art, since its inception, has probably always been something of an acquired taste. For...

February 2020

February 15, 2020

Aristotle and the Architecture of Gotham City

Last week, my wife and I swung by the local movie theater to take in...

January 2020

January 16, 2020

The Power of “A Hidden Life”

The films of director Terrence Malick are certainly not everyone’s cup of tea. They’re long,...

December 2019

December 28, 2019

How to Tell Good “Star Wars” Stories

In general, this column covers a lot of pretty heavy topics. Some days, it’s time...

December 06, 2018

“Suspiria” and the Hidden Sacred

Let’s get one thing clear from the start: the new Suspiria is a strange, horrible,...

September 2018

September 14, 2018

“Nun” Dare Call It Religious?

A few days ago, I wrote for Conciliar Post about the natural law themes that...

June 2018

June 06, 2018

Jedi Protestantism: How to Fix the “Star Wars” Saga

Last weekend, I watched “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” for the third time. As I...

May 2018

May 09, 2018

“Ready Player One” and the Triumph of Anti-Culture

Leftists and conservatives have used the term “anti-culture” to mean two very different things. On...