The best films of 2025 are a last angry hurrah from a film industry consolidating and capitulating at a frightening pace.

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Thus, the Torah tells the Jewish umma, and the Qur’an tells the Muslim umma, the importance of picking yourself up and going (Hajj in Arabic, Hag in Hebrew) with masses of other members of your umma, ...

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Christian Bale made his big screen debut in 1987's "Empire of the Sun," a grossly-underrated World War II coming-of-age drama ...

After its account of Jesus’ birth, the Bible is almost entirely silent on his childhood. Yet legends about Jesus’ early years ...

All eyes are locked onto the dark-haired French woman seated at the podium in the Coronado High School auditorium. It’s not every day high school students get trained under the baton of an ...

The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen was first published in 1847. In some ways, it is Andersen’s darkest tale. The character ...

He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his ...

After Atlanta pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell stopped dwelling on growing his congregation about three years ago, its attendance surged. Now, lines packed with young adults snake outside 281 ...

In a region known for its tumultuous change, one idea remained remarkably consistent for centuries: Latin America is Catholic ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the ...