Ari Aster has offered a rare glimpse into his future plans as a filmmaker. During a recent public appearance, the director ...

In the cultural psyche of 21st-century America, Donald J. Trump occupies a symbolic role that far surpasses his actual political achievements or capacities. For many liberals—particularly those ...

Donald Trump is the scapegoat supreme of our time. Don’t kill the messenger. See, to have a scapegoat is to not know you have one. It is to unite in common cause with other actors in your community to ...

The “mimetic” theory of Rene Girard, I suggest, offers us our best way to understand the extraordinary events of recent American politics, especially the extremes of love and hatred different ...