The best movies from this year were about family, both natural and improvised.

In adapting Baldwin for the screen, Jenkins produces an ode to black literature.

To truly get me into the spirit of the season, I need “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

Adam Fisher's oral history of Silicon Valley chronicles the genesis and sometimes fall of every tech giant, the invention of key technologies and the development of cultural institutions around the industry.

The very best television is like an Ignatian contemplation: It tells stories that offer us some kind of gift—an insight or encouragement for our lives.

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