Barbie Directed by Greta Gerwig (Warner Bros., 2023) My mom worked as a toy illustrator at Mattel in the late 1990s and early 2000s. When I was little, Barbie...
TV and film
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (Gracie Films, 2023) Coming-of-age films are usually about men. There are more heroes than...
On the surface, the Catholic Church can seem downright staid and stuffy. Our ministers wear antique ceremonial garb and sometimes chant in a style that hasn’t...
The Last of Us Created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (HBO, 2023) I rarely cry when watching television shows. I love the medium but don’t physically emote...
One of cinema’s most thoughtful and challenging filmmakers, Robert Bresson, once acknowledged that when he simply wanted some entertainment, he would watch a...
The English Directed by Hugo Blick (Amazon Studios, 2022) Overlooked in the trend of cowboy fever (Yellowstone, 1923, 1883) is a jewel of stylish filmmaking...
In August 2019, the New York Times Magazine ran “The 1619 Project,” marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in the British colonies...
You Developed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble (2018–present) Four seasons on, thriller series You has worked out a tried-and-true formula: After barely...
Since its earliest days, television has profitably mined physicians, hospitals, and stethoscopes for a steady stream of reliably popular medical dramas. But...
What is it about an inquisitive little wooden puppet that dreams of “being a real boy” that pulls at our heartstrings? Is it his innocent wonder at the world...
