This week, we feature a rollicking read about a Scottish bookseller and a groundbreaking chronicle by black educators on the value of the classics. Fiction Putnam to the Rescue, Again! ‘Captain Putnam for the Republic of Texas’ By James L. Haley The naval adventure series continues as Bliven Putnam joins the fight for Texas’s independence…
Monumental Spain | Documentary
September 30, 2022
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This film is only available in North America, Australia, and Europe (except Italy and Switzerland) because of territorial licensing. An ambitious journey through Spain’s most impressive monuments, this is a tale through history, the nation’s torments, beauty, architecture, and human genius. We will visit Madrid, Barcelona, Segovia, and Toledo. * Click the “Save” button below…
The Brighton Royal Pavilion: The Surprisingly Exotic Vision of George IV
September 29, 2022
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There is nothing quite like the Brighton royal pavilion in the British Isles. Situated at the heart of Brighton, a seaside city south of London, stands what looks like an Indian palace. This Regency-style palace is the exotic vision of George IV, and its architecture is extraordinary. In the mid-1780s, as prince regent, George rented…
Rediscovering Antonio Canova’s Lost Dancer
BERLIN—In the solemn silence of the Bode Museum, I can almost hear the music as Antonio Canova’s nearly life-size sculpture titled “Dancing Girl With Cymbals” effortlessly twirls and pivots on one leg before me. She dances with a lightness seen only in flight, raising her hands above her head for drama and balance, while playing…
Book Review: ‘River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile’
Years ago, I visited Egypt. The pyramids are, of course, awesome in their ancient majesty and mystery. The Nile River, winding its way through the arid desert lands, is the longest in the world. Like the pyramids, its history spans millennia. Its gift for centuries has been the fertile floodplain created by the river. The…
Americanism, Liberty, and Neighborliness: Three Inspiring Scenes From Frank Capra Films
September 28, 2022
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Academy-Award-winning director Frank Capra was one filmmaker who truly cared about imparting important values through his movies, not just making a profit. Many of Capra’s most famous movies have political themes. A traditional conservative with strong anti-communist leanings, he loved stories which glorified and celebrated the American way of life, and his films are just…
What Really Happened to JFK Jr. | Documentary
September 28, 2022
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A plane carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., along with his wife and sister-in-law, Carolyn-Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette, crashed into the Atlantic on July 16, 1999. The theories surrounding the crash have been assassination, accident, and suicide. But I think it may be something altogether different. Join me as I give you details you’ve never…
Streaming Series Review: ‘Hostages’: A Balanced View of a Hardline Iranian Regime
September 28, 2022
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TV-MA | 4 episodes | Documentary | Sept. 28, 2022 Jacques Mallet du Pan famously wrote of the French Revolution, “like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children.” That is equally true of Iran’s 1979 Revolution. Few Iranians wanted to be ruled by a theocratic regime, but the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini shrewdly exploited the international crisis to shape the new government and…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Dirty Dancing’: 35th Anniversary Finds It Relevant Again
PG-13 | 1h 40m | Dance, Romance, Drama | August 21, 1987 I just watched “Dirty Dancing” for the first time. “What? A film critic who never saw ‘Dancing Dancing?’” Yes indeed. When “Dirty Dancing” came out in 1987, I was living in Germany. Most Americans don’t realize that Germans dub all American movies into German. Not…
Nobility, Valor, and a Great King: England’s King Alfred: G.K. Chesterton’s ‘The Ballad of the White Horse’
September 27, 2022
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He was a big man, standing 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing nearly 300 pounds. To that mountainous physique, add his characteristic appearance in public—a pince-nez, capes and great coats, papers jutting from his pockets, a walking stick, and cigar—and you had a subject that caricaturists could, and did, love. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)…
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