C.S.Lewis’ The Problem of Pain approaches the thorny question of how a God who is all powerful and all good can allow human suffering. If he is all good he would not wish for [...]

As J.R.R.Tolkien wished to write a myth for the English people, George Lucas wanted to create a myth for the American people. Tolkien gave us Lord of the Rings. Lucas the Star Wars saga. [...]

As an acting student I once had to take part in a scene in which all of us wore masks that were drawn by random out of a box. We spent a few moments [...]

When magicians are omnipotent there is no magic. Heroes need a flaw and the chance to fall or there is no story. Complete plenty eliminates desire, and when everything is visible imagination dies. So [...]

Double Indemnity and Chinatown The movie mogul Sam Goldwyn rightly growled through his cigar to a screenwriter, “If you want to send a message use a telegram.” Didacticism in storytelling is always a disaster [...]

The Clash of Secular and Sacred Stalin famously asked how many battalions had the Pope. Today, with the Catholic faithful numbering over a billion, the answer might be, “Not battalions but billions.” In every [...]