R | 1h 41min | Drama, Crime, Mystery | Sept. 30, 2022 (USA) While watching “God’s Creatures,” I was reminded of a Billy Joel lyric and a line of dialogue from the movie “The Departed.” The Joel song “Through the Long Night” opens with “the cold hands, the sad eyes, the dark Irish silence.” In “The Departed,” Matt Damon’s character states “What…
Film Review: ‘God’s Creatures’: Foreboding Ennui on the Emerald Isle
October 6, 2022
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Celebrating Donatello, One of the Fathers of the Early Italian Renaissance
BERLIN—Two Davids greet visitors at the entrance to the exhibition “Donatello: The Inventor of the Renaissance” in Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie, and they couldn’t be more different. Having left Florence, Italy, for the first time, Donatello’s triumphant marble sculpture “David” dons classical drapery and a crown of wine grapes normally seen on Bacchus, the Roman god of…
My Friend Raymond | Documentary
October 6, 2022
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Documentary filmmaker Frank Panico had often seen a mysterious 57-year-old handicapped man limping into church using his walker. Without knowing anyone was watching, the downtrodden man would quietly take a seat in the back of the Church. This man’s demeanor touched Frank’s heart, since it appeared as if he had hit rock bottom. After church,…
Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘Into the Wild’: It’s Not Man or Nature, but Man and Nature
R | 2h 28min | Drama, Adventure | 2007 “Into the Wild” (2007) is one of the most moving cinematic critiques of selfish individualism and haughty naturalism, when practiced at the expense of humanism. Its camera turns outward, to magnify the beauty of the natural world, then inward, to salute the equally beautiful world within…
Film Review: ‘Blonde’: A Marilyn Monroe Marathon Pain-Fest
NC-17 | 2h 46m | Drama | September 28, 2022 Cuban-Spanish actress Ana de Armas learned English in four months. She also demonstrates in “Blonde” (about the life and times of Marilyn Monroe) what being a world-class actress means. It’s a virtuoso performance. The film itself, directed by Andrew Dominik, is likewise a virtuoso cinematic offering but nonetheless…
Images of Hope: The Pieta
The most tragic sight imaginable is a mother who has lost a child. Witnessing such a thing, most shrink from the searing sense of loss, the emptiness of bereavement. Yet when Michelangelo unveiled his Pietà—the image of the Virgin Mary mourning the lifeless Christ—he revealed how sorrow can be conquered by hope. In 1497, Cardinal…
Landmark 2022 SCOTUS Session and Struggle for Personal Freedom in the US—With Joe Wolverton
October 4, 2022
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Constitutional legal scholar and attorney Joe Wolverton joins the podcast to discuss some of the landmark decisions of the 2022 Supreme Court session. But should these cases have been brought to the court in the first place? How many wrongs have to be righted before America returns to its rightful place as a federation of…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Stairway to Heaven’: On Earth, Nothing Is Stronger Than Love
PG | 1h 44min | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy | 1946 At a critical moment in “A Matter of Life and Death” (1946), a character quotes Sir Walter Scott and says, “Love is heaven and heaven is love.” Around that foundational belief, screenwriter-producer-director duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger build their memorable comedy-fantasy film “Stairway to…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’: A 36-Year Anniversary Celebration
PG-13 | 1h 43m | Teen comedy, High School | June 11, 1986 Bowng! Bowng! Chick-a-chick-ahhhhhhh…”Ohhhhhhh yeeaaaahh” You know what I’m talking about. If you don’t, it’s highly likely you’ve been living under a rock for the last 36 years. It’s the 36th anniversary of one of the most beloved American movie comedies of all time: “Ferris…
International Chinese Vocal Competition Showcases Traditional Vocal Arts
October 3, 2022
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NEW YORK—The finals of New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television’s 8th International Chinese Vocal Competition were held on Oct. 2 at the Merkin Hall of the Kaufman Music Center in New York. Eleven contestants were awarded silver, bronze, and honorable mention awards. There was no gold award winner. The International Chinese Vocal Competition promotes traditional bel canto…
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