This anxious century has not given people much to feel optimistic about—yet most of us resist pessimism. Things must improve.

How many of you out there know the story of Sisyphus? In Greek mythology, he is punished by the gods of Olympus for cheating death. His sentence in the underworld was to push a boulder up a hill ...

But “the greatest story ever told” has plenty of controversial moments, no matter the medium. From first-time director Seong-ho “Jay” Jang, the film features Oscar Isaac as the voice of Jesus.

His story will be told through the eyes of a modern-day gangster confronting his own path to redemption. Executive producers of the film include Epps, Khalifa, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson ...

very unlikely event that one of them could tell the story of what had happened in Ponar, they could sabotage the Nazis’ efforts to incinerate history. Americans are not in the world of Sisyphus ...