Zach Garrison

For more on the impetus of this list, see my previous articles, “We Need a Great Films List,” and “A Great Films List.” As I developed the Great Films List, it became apparent to me that many of the films I think everyone should watch (like my oft-mentioned Ox-Bow Incident) would not end up being […]

For more on the impetus of this list, see my previous article, “We Need a Great Films List.” The journey toward this list ultimately began with seeing Inception in 2010. I had experienced, so I thought, the greatest movie ever created, and I have been watching movies seriously ever since—seeking, sometimes unhealthily, to attentively watch

In 1952, thanks to the work of Robert Hutchins and Mortimer Adler, Encyclopædia Britannica published Great Books of the Western World in fifty-four volumes. In 1972, in his renowned How to Read a Book, Adler expanded this selection to a list of 137 authors’ works. It is 2024, and it is surprising that, in a

 The following is the second of two posts relating to the importance and incorporation of fine art into the curriculum of the lifelong Christian student.    If it is true that fine art is intended to lead us to joyful, soul-feeding contemplation of the glories of God, then why the mass resistance to making it

The following is the first of two posts relating to the importance and incorporation of fine art into the life of the lifelong Christian student.    It is Christmas break in an average American home. Suzie is watching Cocomelon, Scott is playing Fortnite, and Mom and Dad are scrolling on Facebook. The television is on but