American Hustle
Though entertaining and even more-or-less believable, American Hustle’s host of con-men fail to work through their own tricks and traps to actual self-transformation.
The End of Night
Beyond reporting on the surprising and harmful effects of excess artificial light, Paul Bogard offers compelling reasons to value beauty for its own sake.
The Circle
Social technology says something about society—it might even suggest a radical change in our desires. The Circle asks what happens when community engagement becomes the political end of society.
Playing God
Crouch’s latest offering is a welcome challenge to many of the assumptions that some millennials have about the nature of power and privilege.
Bleeding Edge
Between deeply layered conspiracies and an addictively immersive web program, Pynchon leads his protagonist to the edge of reality—and offers a dangerously comfortable illusion in its place.
This is What We Do
A group of orthodox Catholics in a small suburb along D.C.’s northeast border are rediscovering the joys of a life of fidelity in a small place built around their local parish.
The Doomsday Machine
If it hopes to save itself from a death spiral of explosion-driven blockbuster failures, Hollywood must rethink its use of movie theatre technology and, more importantly, reimagine what the institution of film and cinema can mean for American moviegoers.
The Human Mystique
Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, published over 50 years ago, has a surprising relevance to contemporary evangelical women rediscovering what it means to pursue a vocational calling that goes beyond being a wife, mother, and homemaker.
Like a Child
Christ’s words in the gospels about receiving the kingdom “like a child” should not be used to shame Christians when they have questions or doubts about their faith.