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CULTURE
Vol. 39, No. 13
The summer of cinema’s discontent

TRENDING | Cooling ticket sales for high-profile movies have theater owners sweating

Faith and the Founders

BOOKS | History argues for religion in the public sphere

Spurred on to holiness

BOOKS | John Calvin’s On the Christian Life, presented in a new translation by Crossway, reminds us of the motivations for a believer’s obedience

The perils of comfort

BOOKS | A French author’s secular critique of modern life

A potpourri of evil

BOOKS | The Devil’s Best Trick makes a case for the existence of evil and Satan in disturbing detail

Rethinking poetry

BOOKS | Word Made Fresh invites readers to experience joy in the written verse

Devils and dragons: Eight books for summer

BOOKS | Our latest picks cover politics, theology, history, and even dragons

Triple thrills

BOOKS | Three new novels grapple with natural disaster, murder, and insidious technology

Hunger for hope

BOOKS | A bestselling author’s memoir of life in the Holy Land

Creative characters and curious creatures

CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Four nature-centered new books for young readers

The concrete reality of faithful fiction

QUEST | Three books that shaped my thinking

Horizon: An American Saga—Chapter 1

MOVIE | Kevin Costner’s epic brings savage realism to the glories of the Old West, but the three-hour film lacks cohesion

Rally Caps

MOVIE | Family film follows a ragtag baseball team through the ups and downs of sports camp

The Bear

TELEVISION | Popular restaurant dramedy’s third season keeps tension fresh and lingers with characters who learn to process and heal

Despicable Me 4

MOVIE | Madcap mayhem and a paltry plot characterize this Gru family sequel

Coming soon
Coming soon

MOVIES | A look at upcoming August releases

Symphonic rebuke of communism

MUSIC | New album spotlights Xilin Wang’s protest opus

New and noteworthy

MUSIC | Reviews of four albums

The Velvet Underground almost 60 years later

MUSIC | Two albums give new life to the legacy of old rockers

Four recent albums with folk-rock flavor

MUSIC | Tunes worthy of Bob Dylan and the Traveling Wilburys

The beauty and loneliness of modern art

MASTERWORKS | Reassessing the haunting images of Alberto Giacometti