Recently, my family and closest friends gathered for my son’s baptism. We were joined by our larger church community, people we’re connected to in varying...
Culture in Context
In his 1988 Harper’s magazine essay, “The Reason for Stories,” novelist Robert Stone argued that fiction does for the collective unconscious of a culture what...
Note: All 13 episodes of Daredevil were released for instant streaming on Netflix on April 10. This post discusses the entirety of the series without major...
When it first became available in early 2013, the Netflix original series House of Cards lost me at the prologue. The show, with its ultra-cynical take on...
Even if you empathize with the film’s main character, American Sniper is still a one-sided tale of what some call America’s greatest foreign policy disaster. A...
Video games have expanded to include subjects like cancer and depression. Has the gaming industry grown a conscience? To put it mildly, 2014 was a roller...
Justin Simien’s Dear White People hammers home the message that everyone is always more complicated than the color of their skin. Since the shooting of Michael...
Millennials are hesitant to pass judgment on the importance of marriage, but that doesn’t mean they don’t believe in saying “I do.” The closing scene of the...
In Ken Burns’ powerful new documentary, Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor need no embellishing. Earlier this year President Obama admitted in an interview with...
As student loan debt surpasses U.S. credit card debt, documentaries ask the tough questions about a college education. For at least the past 30 years, since...
