Fiddler on the Roof Meets The Jerk
An American Pickle, Seth Rogen’s time-travel comedy, is hilarious and touching.
Film & TV
Where Is John Milius When You Need Him?
Roday’s Hollywood is far from patriotic. Among other things, it lacks figures as stubbornly pro-American, or anti-Communist, as Milius.
The Creem Magazine Doc Gets American Rock History Right
Creem: America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine celebrates and smartly analyzes a rebellious culture.
Dan Stevens: A Not-Quite-Star Worth Watching
Dan Stevens has become not a movie star, but a genuinely interesting and entertaining movie actor.
Laughing at Beyoncé’s Absolute Monarchy
The message of Black Is King is “Let them eat bling.”
Million-Dollar Guy
Regis Philbin, remembered and appreciated.
Why Moralistic Film Criticism?
I have never been exactly clear on what the moralistic criticism of films or other such works is intended to accomplish.
The Antifa Film Syllabus
Twenty-five movies that turned a generation into nihilistic anarchists.
Liberal Ron Howard Accidentally Made a Libertarian Parable
The real story is not plucky citizens but officious, interfering bureaucrats.
Netflix’s Sinister Endorsement of ‘Transgender’ Children
Acknowledging the material reality of biological sex happens to be quite important.