Tag: Arts & Culture

Convict’s Code (1939)

A man is framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he is let out on limited parole, he sets out to clear his name and find the real criminals. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save”…


Undercover Agent (1939)

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr:…


The Fabulous Fountains of Longwood Gardens

An explosion of water thrusts high into the sky, then another, and another, and another, as a fountain at Longwood Gardens performs a beautifully choreographed dance. Industrialist Pierre du Pont purchased a small farm at Kennett Square, Pennsylvania in 1906 to preserve an old-wood arboretum of the previous owners, the Pierce family.  Over the next…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Aug. 26–Sept. 1

This week, we feature a biography of young Louis Braille for children, and an insightful examination of the biomedical field’s rise to power. Fiction The Clue Is in the Call ‘Call for the Dead: A George Smiley Novel’ By John le Carré Le Carré was the spy-master novelist of the 20th century. “Call for the…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for Aug. 26–Sept. 1

This week, we look at a wonderful animated film about a grand singing contest, as well as a harrowing disaster film that’s a classic of the ’70s. New Release ‘The Good Boss’ Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, who runs Blancos Básculas, a company that makes industrial scales, in a small Spanish town. When the time…


Book Review: ‘Go West! A Memoir for My Sons: Our Family Journey and Khmer Rouge Life Experiences’

The years following the communist Khmer Rouge takeover in April 1975 were dark ones for Cambodia. It was a cruel regime. Many were killed, died from disease, or were separated from their families. An estimated 160,000 Cambodian refugees made the perilous decision to leave their homeland and seek a new life elsewhere, perhaps in France,…


Trapped (1949)

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button…


The Haunted House (1921)

A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves’ hideout. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus…


Turning Our Gaze Within: A Higher Purpose For Our Capacity to Judge

As human beings, our capacity for making judgments seems to be innate. We judge what we like, what we don’t like, what’s good, what’s bad, what’s ugly, and what’s beautiful. Arguably, our judgments determine how our lives unfold, for we won’t adopt the beliefs that guide our lives without first judging them to be true….


Boy Meets Dog (1938)

A commercial short made for the Bristol-Myers Co. (plugging their toothpaste) features the characters from the “Reg’lar Fellers” syndicated newspaper comic strip by Gene Byrnes. The plot concerns a boy who has an old grouch for a dad, runs off, meets a dog, and joins a gang of children. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature…