Reviews: Films

It’s A Wonderful Life

Becky Lee Meadows considers questions of guilt, innocence, and despair in this classic Christmas movie.
[Issue 165: December 2024 / January 2025]

J.R. Dickerson decodes a film that likes to pretend it doesn’t have messages because it’s a comedy.
[Issue 164: October/November 2024]

Susan Hopkins is horrified, but in a thoughtful way.
[Issue 162: June/July 2024]

Matt Qvortrup sees Agatha Christie meet Aristotle in Billy Wilder’s classic.
[Issue 161: April/May 2024]

Jason Friend hacks your identity algorithm.
[Issue 159: December 2023 / January 2024]

Terri Murray thinks the film perfectly captures the zeitgeist [CONTAINS SPOILERS].
[Issue 158: October/November 2023]

Daniel Toré contemplates the ethics of finding pleasure in displeasure.
[Issue 156: June/July 2023]

Thomas R. Morgan ponders the phantom pain and pleasure perspective.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023]

Dylan Skurka marvels at the human capacity to ignore existential threats.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

Michael J. Ferreira takes apart a controversial claim about self-education.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

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