Film

The Emmys air tonight, and here at “Good Letters” we’re gratified that our bloggers have...

The Americans, FX’s drama about Russian spies living in Washington, D.C., ended its six-season run...

My annual family Christmas letter swelled from a single paragraph into a sixteen-page spread before...

In July 2016, I watched season one of Stranger Things with my younger brother. I...

This Is Us. This is Adoption. Open adoption, in which a child’s birth family and...

My teenage granddaughter Phoebe was visiting us from out of town. On these visits, we...

Contingency…subject to chance…uncertain…right down to the molecular level. — Christian Wiman It is one of...

Our son Eric was four years old. My husband George, after teaching all day at...

The Americans, FX’s drama about Russian spies living in Washington, D.C., has ended its six...

"It's the rhythm in rock music that summons the demons," said the church community of...

The best way to write about the third installment of God’s Not Dead is to...

I watched Black Mirror’s “Crocodile” episode feeling as if writer/creator Charlie Brooker had gotten into...

My favorite film from last year is a farce. Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread functions...

As immigrants fall to the fury of fearmongers, could it be Paddington the bear (a...

Cinema at its best has the power to transform minds, to inspire generations, and to...

Cinema at its best has the power to transform minds, to inspire generations, and to...

Over Christmas break, I was marshalled into watching two televisions series to which I wouldn’t...

Lady Bird finds its rhythm by the quick wit of its characters’ banter and succeeds...

I graduated from Bellefonte Area High School in 2004. During my senior year, I indulged...

This is a true story. Those are the words that have begun every episode of...

Two of our most compelling film directors working in the Hollywood studio system—Darren Aronofsky and...

Continued from yesterday. Four years ago, my wife and I moved into our red brick...

This post is a web-exclusive feature accompanying Image issue 93. In the conversation around faith and...

By Nick Olson It’s been nearly a month since I finally saw Scorsese’s Silence, and...

When we first see the close-up of the dead bird on the ground, we wonder...

Continued from yesterday. [Link to yesterday’s post here] Here are the remaining five films in...

Though the year of 2016 was a weighty year for politics and world events, it...

After World War II devastated eastern Europe, the Red Army pushed into the countries allotted...

By Jeffrey Overstreet. Maybe it was instinct that sent me back to relive the 1924...

By Jeffrey Overstreet. So, why Chariots of Fire? Why is that what I chose for...