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
Article After the Storm The characters populating the novels of Mary Beth Keane pursue various American dreams in the face of unpleasant American realities.By Tom DeignanSeptember 16, 2023 Books Fiction Culture
Feature Dancing Around Death A new exhibit brings together Tibetan Buddhist and European Christian art, inviting visitors to ponder their ambivalence surrounding death.By Xiao SituSeptember 14, 2023 art Death and Dying Culture Religion
Article Nolan Goes History Channel Mode ‘Oppenheimer’ vitiates the drama of its subject matter, reducing tragedy to mere chronicle.By Rand Richards CooperSeptember 1, 2023 Movies Culture
Article Giving Shape to Our Senses Anthony Domestico rereads John McPhee, considers an investigation into the fish owl, and warily cracks open a heavy-metal novel.By Anthony DomesticoAugust 25, 2023 Books Culture bookmarks
Article Barbie the Existentialist Stereotypical Barbie is everything, which is another way of saying that she is nothing.By Santiago RamosAugust 25, 2023 Culture Movies
PoliticsChild Labor Isn’t in the Past We can’t afford to play dumb as labor protections fail and disappear. Treating children like cheap labor costs too much.By Mollie Wilson O’ReillyAugust 6, 2023
ReligionOpus Dei’s Ordinary Secularity In a new history of Opus Dei, two senior members celebrate the group’s embrace of ordinary life.By Daniele PalmerAugust 4, 2023
CultureBarbie the Existentialist Stereotypical Barbie is everything, which is another way of saying that she is nothing.By Santiago RamosAugust 25, 2023
BooksIs Ethics Like Math? A new biography of philosopher Derek Parfit explains the eccentric philosopher's quest to find a legitimate secular moral theory. By Frank B. FarrellAugust 17, 2023
CollectionsPope Francis at Ten Years A wide-ranging collection of Commonweal’s coverage of the remarkable pontificate of Pope Francis.By The EditorsMarch 12, 2023
