I've wondered many times since then if my own abiding ambivalence about poetry stems less from some intellectual or spiritual defect and more from being forced to study poetry before anyone was ready to really teach me and I was ready to really learn it.
I've seen a lot of bad Christian movies in my career, so I tend to approach new ones with a healthy dose of skepticism. I'm always pleasantly surprised when a film by or marketed for Christians manages to exceed my expectations. Paul, Apostle of Christ is one such film.
“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
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“I’d like to think I’m a good Christian. I’m trying to be; it’s not easy.”
In between when Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled premiered at Cannes and when it opens in domestic theaters Patty Jenkins's Wonder Woman managed to become all the rage.
A look at new documentary on the porn industry and an exclusive interview with its director, Ovidie.
Spoiler Alert: The answer is "yes."
Killing Reagan is not great art and it certainly isn't great politics. But in an election year that seemingly reveals America is more polarized than ever before, there is some cultural value in its ability to humanize a controversial figure.
Lifta is described in this documentary's press materials as "the only Palestinian village abandoned during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been destoryed or repopulated by Jews."
