Dreams are important. In fact, Pope Francis has encouraged us to dream. Some people have modest dreams, others have big dreams, yet all our dreams affect the...
Culture in Context
What does a vampire give his girlfriend for Christmas? Do homicide detectives eat figgy pudding on stakeouts? Why is there mistletoe in outer space? Annual TV...
Editors’ Note: Pete Rose passed away on September 30 at the age of 83. This column was written prior to his passing. By the time you see this, Major League...
Jim Henson wasn’t interested in making children’s shows. That is one of the big surprises in Ron Howard’s new celebratory documentary Jim Henson: Idea Man...
Sadly, the final season of Vera is just over the Northumberland horizon. In 2025, the beloved BBC police drama will air its last and 14th series. The show is...
In the early 1990s, America was obsessed with violent inner-city crime, especially if it was committed by young Black men. The crack cocaine epidemic was...
When screening his exceptional film Pope Francis: A Man of His Word at the Film Society at Lincoln Center in New York, the internationally acclaimed filmmaker...
An alien crashes to Earth near a remote cabin, tosses its owner into the lake, replicates his DNA, takes on his identity as a vacationing physician, and...
There’s probably no more “post-Christian” place on Earth than contemporary Scandinavia. According to the Pew Foundation, only 7 percent of Norwegians say they...
The popular British science fiction series Doctor Who has just celebrated a momentous landmark: 60 years of broadcasting. What started as a modest time-travel...
