Texas Porn Star Massacres Ti West’s clever and original ‘X’ trilogy is elevated postmodern horror at its finest and its director’s best work to date. Allan Stratton 24 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
Blood, Sweat, and Gasoline The story of Hollywood’s most unlikely blockbuster franchise, Mad Max. Allan Stratton 5 Jun 2024 · 21 min read
A History of Stunts Ryan Gosling’s new film is a love letter to an under-appreciated art. Allan Stratton 17 May 2024 · 9 min read
American Carnage Alex Garland’s spectacular new film ‘Civil War’ is a warning of what can happen to democracies when civil society collapses. Allan Stratton 18 Apr 2024 · 7 min read
An Unlikely Cinematic Triumph Efforts to produce a worthy film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ seemed doomed to failure—until Denis Villeneuve gave us his two-part blockbuster. Allan Stratton 15 Mar 2024 · 14 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
The Left’s Social Contract Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It A relentless focus on dubious forms of ‘oppression’ is alienating traditional leftists. Saving the progressive movement means returning it to its liberal roots Allan Stratton 20 Jul 2023 · 15 min read
Corporate Rainbow Marketing: Too Much of a Good Thing A recent dust-up involving NHL goalie James Reimer demonstrates the folly of pitting Pride PR against the conscience of individual actors. Allan Stratton 23 Mar 2023 · 7 min read
A Bore of a Blockbuster Next time, one hopes, James Cameron will focus as much on the story he tells as the means he uses to tell it. Allan Stratton 19 Jan 2023 · 7 min read
Dave Chappelle vs. the New Puritans As the legendary comedian chalks up prestigious awards and plays to packed houses, his progressive critics look increasingly ridiculous. Allan Stratton 3 Aug 2022 · 9 min read
Ricky Gervais Knows No Fear The comedian's new Netflix special has its weak spots. But when it comes to goring gender ideology's sacred cows, no one does it better Allan Stratton 16 Jun 2022 · 9 min read
If You Care About Trans Rights, Don’t Let Predators Pick Their Pronouns Some men are re-identifying as men immediately upon release from women’s prisons. Allan Stratton 29 Apr 2022 · 13 min read
History Lessons from the Toronto Mob Targeting a 19th-Century Gay Icon Allan Stratton 26 Nov 2021 · 15 min read
The Progressive Case for Renouncing Gender Extremism: Last of a Three-Part Series Allan Stratton 21 Sep 2021 · 18 min read
Rescuing the Radicalized Discourse on Sex and Gender: Part Two of a Three-Part Series Our choice of words affects the way we think. That’s why we spend so much time fighting over which terms to use, whether it’s “undocumented immigrants” versus “illegal aliens,” “foetuses” versus “unborn babies,” or “militants” versus “terrorists.” In recent years, the question of word choice has figured prominently Allan Stratton 27 Jul 2021 · 17 min read