Culture and Society

“Kansas” is a metaphor for the good old days, an apt one for times when “average” meant good and decent and true, especially “an average American” – as American as apple pie.

Love bonds powerfully between a mother and child. However, love’s ties can morph into curses. And if the mother can’t heal from past wounds that spawned an addictive nature, that love endangers all under its power. Director Jessica Earnshaw’s documentary Jacinta explores the issues of heroin addition, generational emotional trauma, …

"We’d have a poster made for which no movie existed. We’d use that to get advance money from theater people around the country and then make the film. We went so far as to make phony stills."

Where does Steve Bannon's anti-elitism go wrong? It’s in failing to distinguish between the kinds of populist movements that may ensue.

David Hertzberg's hallucinatory choral fantasy based on an Aleister Crowley fairy tale makes a vividly imaginative statement even in an audio recording.

The notion of the common good, the very aim of responsible legislation and sound government, is made obsolete by the fact that the public, such as it had become, no longer has much of anything in common.

"Fortitude" by Dan Crenshaw transcends many traditional classification. It illuminates current societal problems, military life, and personal achievement.

In their straight-shooting documentary the filmmakers explore anonymous artist Banksy's work and influence, and investigate his identity.

Exploitation movie producer/distributor Sam Sherman tells his story in Part One of this exclusive interview.

One aspect of the shutdowns has been particularly difficult – the closing of all schools.