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
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).
