Emina Melonic

3 weeks ago | splicetoday.com | Emina Melonic

The Maysles brothers are famous for their 1976 documentary, Grey Gardens, a unique portrait of equally unique two women, a mother and daughter known as Big Edie and Little Edie—the Beales and relatives of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy. The brothers, David and Albert, captured not only a picture of these two women who lived reclusively in deplorable conditions (the television show, Hoarders, would have had a field day with them) but of an America that doesn’t exist anymore, or perhaps it never did.

4 weeks ago | eminamelonic.substack.com | Emina Melonic

There was a time when we used to talk about “identity politics.” It wasn’t that long ago actually. It usually involved a discussion of academia and the impact of its ideological tentacles, permeating, it would seem, every sphere of our society. The only cultural discussion that existed somehow always revolved identity politics. It usually translated into the so-called “culture war” between the Left and the Right.

2 months ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Emina Melonic

The Devil and Communist Chinaby Stephen W. MosherTAN Books283 pp., $29.95People often use the words “diabolical” or “demonic” when speaking of something that is corrupt or immoral. Mostly, we use those words in an unthinking and non-spiritual way. True evil is understood to be an act against God. But if we believe in God, should we not also believe in the existence of the Devil?

2 months ago | chroniclesmagazine.org | Emina Melonic

His Three Daughters Directed and written by Azazel Jacobs ◆ Produced by High Frequency Entertainment ◆ Distributed by NetflixDeath is an inevitability, a thought that we have to live with, and fear of death is a universal human condition. There is no bargaining with death and there is no conversation. The powerlessness that accompanies this universal fear and dread is palpable and visceral. What can we hold onto as we face our mortality?

Jan 24, 2025 | thefederalist.com | Emina Melonic

“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” said Dorothy when the great tornado brought her to the wonderful land of Oz. Since L. Frank Baum’s first published novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), and Victor Fleming’s 1939 film adaptation, the land of Oz has been part of the American consciousness. Dreams are made and shattered on the metaphorical Yellow Brick Road that leads to the Emerald City.