“Every year is a great year for film.” That’s a quote—or maybe just a paraphrase—from my friend Bilge Ebiri, the esteemed film critic for Vulture, that comes to mind quite often during listing season, when some writers and cinephiles start thinking about the larger picture and how one year compares with all the others. I think Bilge is right about that: We might quibble, for example, over the relative strength of a Cannes competition line-up or the Hollywood’s slate of awards fodder, but when you’re talking about all the films from around the world that have premiered in a given year, greatness is inevitable.

Why the best consumer-oriented presenter remotes are the Logitech Spotlight and Logitech R800 clicker remotes and why they aren't seen as often in professional presentation settings like professional conferences and keynotes. [Last minute edit:] A strong case can be made for the R500 by Logitech as the R800 can be hard to find nowadays. Thanks to Alexander Grabner-Jarlung for pointing it out. Now, I want to point out that I'm not a tech reviewer, so I won't be doing a tech review of both of these remotes.

As we saw in his Iowa caucus victory, Donald Trump is being propelled to his party’s nomination by strong support among white evangelical Christians. It has long befuddled me how such a movement that scolds the rest of us on supposed morality and “family values!” can get behind someone as morally bankrupt as Donald. So I was excited to ask Robert P. Jones, President and Founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, to shed some light on this phenomenon.

President Trump laid out his thoughts on logo design in the book Trump University Branding 101, from his for-profit real estate seminar program that would later pay $25 million as part of a settlement with former students who alleged it was a fraud. “You do not need a graphic design house to develop your logo,” it read. “Ideally, your logo should be unique.” Trump’s presidential campaign logo lives up to his advice.

Yesterday work crews moved into position to begin the process of removing the Confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery, located in Section 16. Make no mistake. The removal of this particular monument is the most significant Confederate removal to date. It is certainly one of the largest monuments, but more importantly, it is the boldest expression of the Lost Cause in a public space. Though there are moments of reconciliation that can and should be acknowledged, from the reinterment of Confederate remains to the cemetery to the dedication of the monument itself in 1914, the United Daughters of the Confederacy did not commission a reconciliationist monument.