PG | 1h 39 min | Drama, Family | 1991 A sense of magic tinges most prodigies, yet Jodie Foster’s movie about a prodigy dwells on the mundane instead. How do parents, siblings, and friends relate to such children? How do such children relate to others? If they’re always made to feel abnormal, can they…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Little Man Tate’: Knowing Enough Is Something, Understanding What Is Right Is Everything Else
Profiles in History: Haddon Sundblom: The Artist Who Gave Us the Modern Santa Claus
From purple robes to fur coats to wreath hats to a very thin frame, there have been many features that Americans would hardly attribute to Santa Claus. Drawing on past inspirations, however, illustrator Haddon Sundblom created a version that has stuck for nearly a century. Sundblom was the youngest of 10 children born to Scandinavian…
Book Review: ‘How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely’
In the ongoing “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers” series from Princeton University Press, “How to Have a Life: An Ancient Guide to Using Our Time Wisely” may be one of the most timely publications with the arrival of a new year. With the inevitable lists of new year resolutions, making the most of our time…
Simone Peterzano: The First Great Baroque Painter
Except among some specialist art historians, Simone Peterzano is generally known only as the teacher of Caravaggio: the notable, great master of Baroque painting. Beyond that, he tends to be dismissed as a competent but unexceptional artist. On closer inspection, he becomes a fascinating example of how such artists can lay the foundations on which great…
Profiles in History: James Edgar: The First Department Store Santa Claus
James Edgar (1843–1909) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a young boy, he apprenticed for a Scottish cloth merchant and worked hard, long hours only to make $50 a year. When he was 22, he immigrated to St. John, New Brunswick, in Canada. His financial returns, however, were not to his liking, which led him…
The Courage to Endure: Cornelia A. P. Comer’s Short Story, ‘The Preliminaries’
The standards that we set for ourselves and our lives can be extremely daunting, depressing, and seemingly impossible. Yet with courage, we can achieve and reach them all, measure by measure. In her short story “The Preliminaries,” Cornelia A.P. Comer follows Oliver Pickersgill as he strives to obtain the consent to marry Ruth Lannithorne. Comer…
Prison Dogs | Documentary
December 18, 2022
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This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. “The day that my crime occurred, it was a street beef, I felt threatened, and ultimately just pulled out a gun and shot a kid,” says inmate Luis Diaz. “I really hate the person who I was then. I’m looking for forgiveness….
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Lilies of the Field’: Practicing the Presence of God
NR | 1h 34 min | Drama, Comedy | 1963 Is a church or chapel just a building, or is it a place to practice the presence of God? Ralph Nelson’s film asks, and answers, that question. And how. Handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier), driving through the Arizona desert, finds himself suckered into helping a clutch…
Not a Usual Holiday Classic: Bach’s ‘Brandenburg Concertos’
December 17, 2022
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We’re now enjoying the winter holiday season, the time of the year to be with loved ones, feel goodwill toward all, and go to a festive concert or two. For many weeks already, there has been a nice selection of concerts or performances to choose from, such as George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” or Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s…
Theater Review: ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’: Dylan Thomas’s Nostalgic Return to Childhood
December 17, 2022
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NEW YORK—When one enters the mainstage theater of New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre, one is pleasantly startled by the presence of numerous silvery-white Christmas trees adorning the stage. Six simple hard-back chairs have been lined up downstage. Pianist David Hancock Turner is playing soft, possibly Christmas music. The six actors enter and take their seats….
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