Tag: Arts & Culture

Little Lambkins (1940)

A precocious toddler, wanting to return to his watermelon patch and a pair of animal friends in the country, tampers with the electronic gadgets in his new city home and creates chaos. 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…


Film Review: ‘Corsicana’: Rookie Director Isaiah Washington Delivers a Western for the Ages

R | 1h 42min | Drama, Western, Thriller | 26 August 2022 (USA) Having never officially fallen out of favor with audiences, Westerns went from a genre behemoth in the mid-20th century to what is now a compartmented specialty with a modest but fervent cult following. If not for the efforts of Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Quentin Tarantino, and Taylor Sheridan over…


Online Series Review: ‘Private Lives’: A Country Caught in the Crossfire of Tyranny

 R | 6 episodes | Drama, Thriller | Aug. 25, 2022 (USA) Big Hollywood blockbusters like “Casino Royale” and “The Bourne Identity” were filmed at Prague’s Barrandov Studios, but didactic propaganda films were also made there, during the German occupation and under the Communist regime. The history of the studio and its founder, Milos Havel (the great playwright and former…


A New World of Heavenly Art

Oh heavens above! In a circular painting by 18th-century Mexican artist Antonio de Torres, a glorious Virgin hovers in heaven among a swirl of pastel clouds. As the Virgin looks up to God, she emanates divine light. A 12-starred halo crowns her head as she stands on a crescent moon, with a jolly sun peeking out from…


Gold Rush Daze (1939)

A gentleman listens to a gas station attendant talk about his adventures panning for gold. A Classic Warner Brothers Cartoon 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…


Home Town Story (1951)

After failing to be reelected, politician Blake Washburn returns home and becomes editor of the local newspaper. When he notices the influence the paper has on the public, he uses it to appeal to potential voters in the next election. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature…


If Personal Finance Intimidates You, This Book Should Help

If you’ve never heard of Ronald Read, you’ll be forgiven. Though Read had a net worth of more than $8 million at the time of his quiet death in 2014 at the age of 92, he was hardly headline news. His life was so unassuming and everyday that few, if any, would have guessed at…


Inspiring Stories of Bravery for Young Readers

The books “Hidden Figures,” “Trash,” and “Under a Cruel Star” will open young readers’ eyes to lesser-known heroes who moved forward with bravery, determination, and hope, even when the worlds they lived in sought to diminish or even extinguish them. ‘Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race’ by Margot…


The Marquis de Lafayette: Remembering France’s Greatest Champion of Liberty, a ‘Hero of 2 Worlds’

On Aug. 15, 1824, a great man arrived in New York at the start of a “Grand Tour” of America. Though his plan called for a four-month visit to the 13 states that comprised the original colonies, he ultimately stayed four times as long and met cheering throngs in all 24 states that comprised the…


Film Review: ‘Bullet Train’: High-Speed Tarantino-Wannabe Trainwreck

R | 2h 7m | Action, Thriller, Comedy | August 5, 2022 What do you call a high-speed Japanese train full of assassins with guns (and bullets)? A bullet train. Yuk-yuk. There are lots of action movies that do the fun roller coaster ride without requiring the audience to think too much. But then there are ones so…