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What the Mission: Impossible series discovers in this moment is this: Imperfect stunts can be more thrilling than perfect ones, and an unflappable superman who always knows exactly what to …

Wildcat bills itself as “based on short stories by Flannery O’Connor,” though it could equally be said to be based on O’Connor’s letters (the source for much of Flannery’s dialogue) and …

In which I chat with the editor of a collection of essays about the Arts & Faith Top 100 films about my contribution to the book

Does the movie “secularize a saint”? Reckoning with the curious dearth of God talk and overt religiosity in this faith-based biopic about the founder of a religious community

The Fury Road prequel is a satisfying return to the world of the demented 2015 film—but there were two missed opportunities, relating to Immortan Joe’s Wives and Furiosa’s revenge.

Is there no hope? This desperate question hangs over the previous film in the saga, Miller’s 2015 extravaganza Mad Max: Fury Road. Now, the same question haunts Furiosa, an epic …

Sometimes it seems like the universe is sending you a message. In the MCU, the calls are coming from inside the house.

Is it possible to tell meaningful stories in a multiverse premise? Or does the multiverse idea tend toward nihilism?

A question worth asking of a story, then, is: “Is there room for God in this story, in this world?”