Tag: Arts & Culture

Superman: Showdown (1942)

A crook dressed as Superman commits a series of robberies. The real Superman must work fast to counter the bad publicity. 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…


Popeye the Sailor Meets Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)

Working in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeye as the thief and herself as the princess. 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…


Giorgio Vasari: The Forgotten Artist Who Recorded the Renaissance

Those interested in Renaissance art will soon become familiar with the name Giorgio Vasari, Florentine architect, artist, and art historian. His 1568 compilation, “Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects,” is the most important written source for the artistic history of the period. Many of 16th-century Italy’s leading artists were among his friends…


Film Review: ‘Icon’: Rookie Director Tony Ahedo’s Understated and Life-Affirming Coming-of-Age Drama  

R | 1h 46min | Drama, Romance, Coming-of-Age | 01 August 2022 (USA) Although part of the “Teen Flick” genre, coming-of-age movies tend to be far more dramatic and insightful than their low-brow counterparts. When done right (“American Graffiti,” “Stand By Me,” “The Last Picture Show,” the John Hughes films from the 1980s), these productions can also appeal to older audiences, who…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for July 29–Aug. 4

This week, we look at a harrowing, real-life tale of an international rescue effort and a Hitchcock classic about a retired debonair thief. New Release ‘Thirteen Lives’ Director Ron Howard’s dramatic film tells the story of Richard Stanton (Viggo Mortensen) and John Volanthen (Colin Farrell), two expert cave divers. The mission of the pair, along…


Life of Michelagnolo Buonarroti Painter, Sculptor, and Architect of Florence (Part One of Three)

While the most noble and industrious spirits were striving, by the light of the famous Giotto and of his followers, to give to the world a proof of the ability that the benign influence of the stars and the proportionate admixture of humours had given to their intellects, and while, desirous to imitate with the…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for July 29–Aug. 4

This week, we feature military and war-related selections: the gripping memoir of a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and a biography of an enigmatic “Band of Brothers” hero. Fiction We Need Our Heroes ‘Rising Tiger’ By Brad Thor An American agent is assassinated in Rajasthan, India. An Indian Air Force helicopter is downed. The threat…


Charlie Chaplin: The Knockout (1914)

To show his girl how brave he is, Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters. 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…


Santa’s Surprise (1947)

Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop. 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.”…


Cinema Film Review: ‘California’s Vanishing Dream: Behind the Rise in Crime’

Not rated | 50m | Documentary | 2022   “California’s Vanishing Dream: Behind the Rise in Crime.” (EpochTV) In recent years, crime in California has been rising at an increasing pace. EpochTV’s documentary, “California’s Vanishing Dream: Behind the Rise in Crime,” sheds much needed light on this problem. Epoch Times Correspondent Siyamak Khorrami investigates how…