Halloween: Directed by John Carpenter. With Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles. Fifteen years after murdering his sister on...
104 months ago

The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In...
181 months ago

It's Halloween season again. Skeletons dangle from porches, pumpkins sit carved on doorsteps, and the air is filled with an eerie excitement...
3 months ago

Purim unequivocally kicks Halloween's rump. Of course, I am slightly biased: If Halloween featured a Queen Esther, I might be inclined to change my preference.
116 months ago

We should take back our “holy” Halloween. One of the first things I did was to encourage clean and, when possible, holy costumes.
316 months ago

The Catholic faith describes natural and supernatural realities existing in a relationship of communion or coinherence that is called sacramental.
26 months ago

Listen to Professor Neil Lerner explore the staying power of John Carpenter's iconic theme music and how it remains so unsettling all these years later.
27 months ago

These costumes aren't funny and harmless; cultural appropriation isn't senseless outrage. It's a painful, dehumanizing attack on their culture.
86 months ago

Blue pumpkin candy buckets are a symbol for autism awareness on Halloween. They're controversial, but as a mom to an autistic son,...
2 months ago

“Halloween” is an absolutely merciless thriller, a movie so violent and scary that, yes, I would compare it to “Psycho” (1960).
86 months ago