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Brandon Ambrosino

Former Vox Staff

Thinking and writing about culture and religion.

Everything you need to know about Pope Francis

By Brandon Ambrosino August 5, 2016

Why are Christian movies so painfully bad?

By Brandon Ambrosino April 1, 2016

What is Easter all about? Resurrection or eggs and bunnies?

By Matthew Yglesias and Brandon Ambrosino March 27, 2016

A Christmas Carol is a defense of charity — and capitalism

By Brandon Ambrosino December 25, 2015

Krampus: the demonic Santa Claus you haven't heard about

By Brandon Ambrosino December 4, 2015

Is Easter about Jesus or bunnies? Both, actually.

By Brandon Ambrosino April 2, 2015

"Everybody is looking for something": Looking's Murray Bartlett on his series' appeal

By Brandon Ambrosino March 22, 2015

"What the hell did I do?" 6 shocking moments from HBO's The Jinx

By Brandon Ambrosino March 16, 2015

Robert Durst, subject of HBO’s The Jinx, arrested for decades-old murder

By Brandon Ambrosino March 15, 2015

Jinx director Andrew Jarecki tells us why he wants viewers to rethink an alleged murderer

By Brandon Ambrosino March 8, 2015