Emma
Jane Austen’s most unlikeable heroine may hit a little too close to home for most of us—but also offers a clue to the real meaning of love. Review by Ali Holcomb
Jane Austen’s most unlikeable heroine may hit a little too close to home for most of us—but also offers a clue to the real meaning of love. Review by Ali Holcomb
The Tetris movie is a fun romp, but its attempt to show character development flops when it makes monetary gain the sole metric of success. Review by Chris Fogle
Reading children’s books as adults reminds us that, however comforting the idea of returning to our past, we must keep moving forward. Review by Sara Holston
A documentary about freediving raises questions about the lure of the mysterious ocean—and about the mysteries of our connections to one another. By Marie Glancy O’Shea
Wes Anderson’s latest is even more than typically meta, but it also manages to touch on the real—and really human. Review by Sharla Moody
A worthy follow-up to the groundbreaking Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom engages our own questions of dis- and re-enchantment. Review by Jake Casale
Henry James’s first novel explores the choices all artists must make, between the pursuit of truth and beauty and the surrender to self-idolization. Review by Katy Carl
"I must decrease" by Nadine Ellsworth-Moran Winner of the Fare Forward Poetry Competition, 2023
The second entry in Morgan Meis’s Three Paintings trilogy finds a master writer pushing past his own limits under the eye of that which is beyond us all.