Art and Culture - Quillette (Page 3)

On Sin and Repentance

Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity.

Marilyn Simon

4 Mar 2024 · 8 min read

Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny Fight Fascism

The animation industry was perhaps the United States’ most potent cultural weapon during World War II.

Jacob Bielecki

26 Feb 2024 · 14 min read

Beginning in Gladness, Ending in Madness

1900–1950 was a golden age of literary eccentricity.

Stephen Akey

21 Feb 2024 · 14 min read

Motorpsycho Nightmare

Robert Pirsig’s insufferable cult novel about philosophy and bike maintenance turns 50.

Kevin Mims

20 Feb 2024 · 17 min read

In the Country of Last Things

A look back at the work and impressively productive life of Brooklyn’s most famous resident, Paul Auster.

David Cohen

19 Feb 2024 · 13 min read

The Best Picture Nominees, 2024

A look at the ten nominees for this year’s Best Picture Oscar.

Allan Stratton

17 Feb 2024 · 17 min read

Beware the Little Lambs

Nietzsche warned us about the dangers of defining our values in opposition to something else.

Ben Turtel

15 Feb 2024 · 7 min read

The Road Out of Nowhere

A new book celebrates Springsteen’s stark 1982 classic, ‘Nebraska.’

Matt Hanson

13 Feb 2024 · 6 min read

To Winter, With Love

The cold allows me to feel alive.

Marilyn Simon

13 Feb 2024 · 6 min read

The Odyssey of Classical Education

Classical education instills precisely the skills and habits most sorely needed in society today.

Robert C. Thornett

9 Feb 2024 · 8 min read

Here Comes the Bite

Peter Benchley’s ‘Jaws’ turns 50.

Kevin Mims

31 Jan 2024 · 23 min read

Make Way for the Jesuits

In the 17th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how The Society of Jesus became a powerful player in the colonization of North America.

Greg Koabel

30 Jan 2024 · 24 min read

Bestseller Reparations

In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy.

Thomas Larson

24 Jan 2024 · 7 min read

A Gathering of the Huns

In the seventh instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes how disparate Hunnic tribes coalesced into the unified force that would terrorize Europe.

Herbert Bushman

23 Jan 2024 · 15 min read

Master of Reality

“Things were bleak, they really were. Yet nobody was singing about that side of life, which is why we thought we should.”

George Case

22 Jan 2024 · 7 min read