In Jessica Jones, the superhero villain's control over people is chilling because we recognize it. It plays out in ordinary abusive relationships.
On Media
Kathryn Reklis reviews film, TV, and more
One might expect Spotlight to be fascinating because of the victims' stories. But it's the focus on clerical and legal institutions that grabs the viewer.
Rectify is unlike any series I've watched. Its slow burn reveals the viewer as well as the characters in the story.
"What was the point of that movie?" my son asked, without hostility. He knew that what he'd seen was about more than what he'd seen.
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street uses a combination of magic and realism that depicts real life far better than any other family television show I've seen.
The documentary Chaplains raises a fundamental issue for Christian chaplaincy: what is its relationship to the church?
It could have been any academic conference—except that Catwoman was on my left and a fully dressed hobbit was on my right.
I just got back from Disney World with my kids. The trip set me thinking about how stories get told and passed on.
Promo for Mars
NASA is, to say the least, enthusiastic about The Martian. The film is a really, really good commercial for a future budgetary request.
It's hard to watch Straight Outta Compton and not think of #BlackLivesMatter. But this is not explicitly a movie about politics or race.
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