Article Godard’s Sly Subversion ‘Contempt’ is Godard’s greatest attempt to bring order to the world of cinema, to tame its commercial side and create a beautiful film.By Santiago RamosSeptember 23, 2023 Movies Arts Culture
Feature Memory and Movement The Buglisi Dance Theatre’s annual show is an embodied liturgy in remembrance of 9/11.By Cecilia WhalenSeptember 11, 2023 Arts Music
Feature Diversity Done Right Exhibits celebrating Juan de Pareja and modern Latino artists devote necessary attention to topics that have been willfully marginalized or ignored.By Alejandro AnreusAugust 14, 2023 Arts Latin America
Feature Angel of Mystery Why is there a picture of Martin Luther underneath the irreligious Paul Klee’s ‘Angelus Novus’?By Max PenskyJuly 7, 2023 art Arts History Culture Books
Feature Faces of Courage in Iran Five hundred Iranian protesters have suffered serious eye injuries after police fired on them with birdshot. Here are eight faces of courage.By AnonymousApril 6, 2023 Foreign Affairs International Middle East Arts
Article What Do Movies Remember? New films by Steven Spielberg and Charlotte Wells offer two profoundly different views of film’s relationship to memory.By Robert RubsamMarch 31, 2023 Movies Arts Culture
PoliticsIs ‘Bronze Age Pervert’ Born to Rule? It’s hard to understand how anyone can think of Bronze Age Pervert as a role model, but an alarming number of young would-be fascists apparently do.By Matt McManusNovember 19, 2023
ReligionSold by the Jesuits Rachel L. Swarns's book dives into the history and legacy of the 272 slaves sold by the Jesuits at Georgetown University.By Marcia ChatelainNovember 15, 2023
CultureHave We Become Gods? Tara Isabella Burton’s new book asks: How has self-creation in pursuit of profit become our social ideal?By Brad EastNovember 15, 2023
BooksPreserving Hope for Humanity One fear ties together techno-utopian fantasies and anti-birth environmentalism: the messy, imperfect reality of our human bodies.By Gilbert MeilaenderNovember 1, 2023
CollectionsThe Israel-Palestine Conflict A collection of Commonweal's writings on the Israel-Palestine conflict since 2009By The EditorsNovember 14, 2023