Warfare strips away everything that usually defines the war movie genre: the exposition, the character arcs, the soundtrack swells, the slow-motion deaths, the tidy conclusions.

It offers, instead, a claustrophobic, unbearably honest account of one unit's time in Ramadi , Iraq , on November 11, 2006 .

John Maclionn : Warfare's first half is a study in dread. The film forces the audience to experience the inertia of war: not as cinematic pause, but as terrifying stasis before everything breaks.

He says it's rare for a war film to let the audience feel the psychological toll of inaction, not just action.

In a country where less than 1 percent of the population served in Iraq or Afghanistan , Warfare is a jolt to the system.

The cross of pain and loneliness is now the symbol of love and brotherhood, writes Itxu Diaz .

Diaz : Christianity has brought an extraordinary sense of humor to life’s bitterness.

The cross, like a piece of wood nailed to the ground, lacks reasons or answers, but the one condemned holds them all.

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John Sutter : Easter is about the resurrection of Jesus Christ as something infinitely greater.

He says resurrection of Christ was such a significant event for the church that it shifted the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday .

Sutter says resurrection is God’s confirmation and seal attesting to the truth of Christ's claims about himself.

The early Christians viewed Jesus at his ascension and exaltation to heaven as fulfilling Ps 110:1 by being enthroned in the heavens “at [God’s] right hand” during his coronation as the eternal Davidic king.

The resurrection of Christ was even more than proof of the truth about Jesus or the means by which Christ was to be exalted over all.

Robert Gagnon : One day our body, and not just our spirit, will be made completely new like Jesus ’ own.

He says the Spirit of Christ living within us is the controlling influence of our lives.

The resurrected Christ is the source of our life; and the lifeline to the world above and the age to come is his Spirit extended to us.

The Gospels contain a fairy-story, or a story of a larger kind which embraces all the essence of fairy-stories.

Tolkien ’s argument is what he calls “eucatastrophe” or “the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous turn” For Tolkien , the true “mark” of a fairy story is eucatstrophe.

Christians everywhere celebrate today Easter , commemorating, honoring, rejoicing in, and glorying in the triumphant resurrection of Christ from the dead.

For 2,000 years , Christians have gathered together every year to repeat and read the Gospel accounts of this supreme eucatastrophe.

Those of a more secular persuasion can also find themselves beguiled by the restorative zeitgeist of this celebratory time of year.

Even for those of us who aren’t especially religious, Easter and the short holiday around it coincides with a captivating seasonal tranquillity.

These few days of Easter are, for many of us, a time to exhale, to stop and be with family and friends.

A new survey says that 43% of single mothers are deterred from dating other parents by “negative stereotypes of stepmothers portrayed in popular culture” 37% explicitly cite the fear that their partners’ children will view them as a wicked stepmother’ Not even royals are safe from this psychic shadow.

The case for the canonisation of Antoni Gaudí , now progressing with the blessing of the pope, seems strong.

He was devout he tried to go without food for 40 days in emulation of Jesus Christ .

He even suffered a form of martyrdom, being hit by a tram while apparently deep in thought about his most famous work.

North of North was filmed in Anna Lambe ’s hometown in Iqaluit , Nunavut , called “Ice Cove” in the show.

It's a deeply small-town show with a very particular sense of place that has influenced the way the character's life has unfolded.

In Episode 6 , Siaja has a beautiful dream of herself running across the tundra.

She reaches a man in a suit, who puts his hand on her waist.

The music in the dream is Keane ’s “ Somewhere Only We Know ,” covered by Duomo .

It's another clever twist in a very clever, sweet show.

Ransom Canyon debuted in the No. 1 spot on Netflix 's new series.

The similarities between Ransom and Yellowstone are thin, but there's plenty of room for future seasons.

The difference between these two modern Westerns runs way deeper than the two moderns, says Frida Ghitis .

Ransom Canyon will do very well with viewers who are used to these tricks of the romance trade, but poorly with Yellowstone fans who just really like thinking about reporters and tech bros taking rides to the train station.

The film is full of beautiful people and filmed in a beautiful place.

Sinners, the latest feature film from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler , is a different kind of vampire movie.

Set in 1932 , the story takes place over the longest 24 hours one might imagine in Clarksdale , Mississippi .

The film's undercurrent of supernatural horror comes out at full blast.

Some critics have said that the film's portrayal of Remmick , who is Irish , is a call for solidarity with Black people.

The vampires are shown goodwill in other ways as well, complicating some critics’ reading of the creatures as extensions of the racist white culture that wants to stop the party.