summer 2021 Issue

Souls on Wheels

by Martha Bayles

The film Nomadland expands the scope and meaning of the book that inspired it.

spring 2021 Issue

They’re Not Lovin’ It

by Martha Bayles

Are America’s cultural exports worse than junk food?

winter 2021 Issue

Heroic Witness

by Martha Bayles

The great novel of the Eastern Front, adapted for television.

fall 2020 Issue

Tragedy with a Side of Redemption

by Martha Bayles

Rewatching HBO's masterpiece, The Wire.

summer 2020 Issue

A Romance in Spite of Itself

by Martha Bayles

Normal People puts a postmodern twist on a classic tale of passion.

spring 2020 Issue

A Mouthful of Bees

by Martha Bayles

Correcting the record on Clarence Thomas—again.

winter 2020 Issue

Anger Management

by Martha Bayles

Big problems with Greta Gerwig's Little Women.

fall 2019 Issue

A Tale of Two Markets

by Martha Bayles

Hollywood is choosing Chinese profits over American liberties.

summer 2019 Issue

It Takes a Village

by Martha Bayles

A binge-worthy series for grown-ups.

spring 2019 Issue

The Prism of Art

by Martha Bayles

Hidden signs of faith and redemption in two notable films from Europe.

winter 2019 Issue

The Goddess in the Mist

by Martha Bayles

Why the TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend is better than the book.

fall 2018 Issue

Ancestry.Comics

by Martha Bayles

The uninspiring side of Marvel Studio’s Afro-futurist utopia.