Arts & Culture
Queen and Slim challenges assumptions about race, justice, and what matters
Melinda Matsoukas’s film rolls terror and hope into one story.
A lapsed Catholic’s unexpected devotion
Searching for the Mary statue from her childhood, Sonja Livingston found much more.
Episode 71: It’s a Wonderful Life
Matt and Adam talk sacrifice, small-town life, Christmas movies, and the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life.
A look at faith in film over the last decade
At a time of rapid secularization, filmmakers seem intrigued—if sometimes also repelled—by religion.
The line between human and nonhuman
Alice Hoffman’s Holocaust novel collapses the boundaries between reality and fantasy.
Episode 70: The Irishman
Matt and Adam discuss aging, gangsters, repentance, and Martin Scorcese's The Irishman
Reading Toni Morrison in Advent
A seasonal practice: cultivate the patient gaze to describe life as we find it.
Episode 69: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Adam and Matt are joined by Bromleigh McCleneghan to talk about the new Fred Rogers movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
Two glimpses into Judaism in America
Steven Weisman looks at the development of the Reform movement. Jack Wertheimer focuses on the present and future.
