Article Gaslit In ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ Martin Scorsese serves up an inversion of history as we have come to know it, revealing his larger aim—the correction of memory.By Rand Richards CooperNovember 24, 2023 Movies Arts History
Article Getting Through Life Aki Kaurismäki’s ‘Fallen Leaves’ displays the director's wry humor, spare style, and focus on social inequality.By Alexander SternNovember 8, 2023 Movies Arts
Article ‘The Exorcist’ & Catholicism What explains the traditionalist Catholic infatuation with ‘The Exorcist’?By Paul BaumannNovember 4, 2023 Movies Religion Theology
Article Borders & Boundaries Standout films at this year’s New York Film Festival offer neither escape nor catharsis.By Robert RubsamOctober 27, 2023 Movies Arts Culture
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 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
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
