Tag: Arts & Culture

‘His Only Son’ Coming Soon to Theaters: A Conversation With Director David Helling

“His Only Son” is a movie set to be released in theaters on March 31 about the biblical story of Abraham. Director David Helling tells how this film transitioned from scripture to screen and shares critical elements drawn out in the story. The film displays how God redeemed Abraham’s life and set him on a…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Dark Victory’: Learning to Live With Death

PG | 1 h 44 min | Drama | 1939 “We all have to die. The tragic difference is that you know when, and we don’t. But the important thing is … to live our lives so that we can meet death whenever it comes, beautifully, finely.” If only all doctors could speak as firmly…


After Near-Death Experience, Woman Starts Noticing Gifts, Messages From the Other Side

Barbara Bartolome was a young mother when she realized the man she married was not the same man she had dated. What she thought was a normal relationship turned violent, and having a young 1-month-old daughter and 5-year-old son, their safety was on the top of her mind. Her husband repeatedly rejected her help, and…


Classical Sculpture and American Myth: Hiawatha

In the mid 19th-century, when the United States was still in search of its own artistic tradition, the sculptor Mary Edmonia Lewis (circa 1844–1907) traveled to the Old World and combined the unique American culture with the beauty of European classicism. Her passion for sculpture had been first ignited in Boston, where she saw a…


Film Review: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’: Is This the Best of the Lot? That Depends on What You’re Looking For

R | 2h 49min | Drama, Action, Thriller | 24 March 2023 (USA) The first installment in the “John Wick” (2014) franchise resuscitated the career of Keanu Reeves who hadn’t had a bona-fide hit since “The Matrix Revelations” 11 years prior. It was a simple story about a retired assassin who sought revenge for the murder of his dog (given to him…


Touching the Afterlife: Near-Death Experiences Point to Expanded Reality

In the 1960s, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) technique was adopted across the country, and around the same time, physicians and emergency personnel were hearing a great increase in stories from those who were brought back from the brink of death. Sometimes they had witnessed their own resuscitation, despite having little or no brain or heart activity,…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for March 24–30

This week, we feature Mike Pompeo’s riveting memoir and an absorbing history that establishes a post-Revolutionary War sailor as an American hero. History ‘The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War’ By Des Ekin Des Ekin has uncovered a special piece of American history…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for March 24–30

This week, we feature family-friendly films that focus on friendship: one about magical animals and the other about curious sea monsters. New Release ‘School of Magical Animals’ When Ida Kronenberg (Emilia Maier) transfers to a new school, she finds it difficult to make new friends. However, Ida’s teacher, Miss Mary Cornfield (Nadja Uhl), introduces her…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Judgment at Nuremberg’

PG | 2 h 59 min | Drama | 1961 Stanley Kramer’s courtroom drama is set in Nuremberg, Germany in 1948. One of America’s several post-World War II trials is underway; together, the tribunals will charge German military officers, Nazi party leaders, doctors, industrialists, and judges for war crimes. In this trial, Chief Judge Haywood…


The War Stories of George Kaleel | Documentary

At the age of 100, World War II veteran George Kaleel tells his war stories in this documentary. Dustin Bass, co-founder of The Sons of History, and Jarred Trapp, co-founder of BassTrapp Media, spent time with Kaleel to get his story about his World War II experience that began on D-Day and extended into the…