Through reviews and longer articles, ArteFact keeps a finger on the pulse of how our culture is reflecting on itself.
Film Fiction TheatreLogan, 2017. Directed by James Mangold
As the Oscars pass Scorsese by, Mark Thomas thinks he knows why.
Father Samuel Fontana reflects on how the pleasure of eating together engenders gratitude and builds community.
Mark Thomas ponders the anomalous fictions of the Coen Brothers' most religious films.
Manchester By The Sea, 2016. Directed by Kenneth Lonergan.
Two dystopian visions explore current fallacies about human love in a culture where flesh and spirit fail to connect.
Risen, 2016. Directed by Kevin Reynolds.
The Vessel, 2016. Written and Directed by Julio Quintana.
It is intriguing that in a world which celebrates its obliteration of the “superstitious” and “supernatural” in support of the rational, materialistic, and scientific, there should still be an increasing market for the fairytale genre.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, 2015. Directed by J. J. Abrams.