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The Beguiled – No Serpent Needed in This Garden

Darrel Manson6 years ago05 mins

What is it that corrupts our lives? In The Beguiled, Sofia Coppola?s Southern Gothic film set in the Civil War, there seems to be a world that is pure and innocent. But is it really? Is this a fall from grace, or was there a state of grace to begin with?

Rectify: TV with Theological/Philosophical Chops

Darrel Manson7 years ago7 years ago15 mins

Rectify is my new all-time favorite TV drama. You haven?t heard of it? That?s understandable; it is a Sundance TV original series. . . . Lest you think I shift my favorites frequently, the TV drama it displaces as my favorite is Hill Street Blues (which went off the air in 1987).