NR | 1h 59min | Documentary, Film History | 5 March 2023 (Spain/Canada) Divided into four distinct chapters, “Film, the Living Record of Our Memory” (FTLROOM) delves into an overlooked and largely unknown area of movie history that, even many of those who consider themselves industry experts, will discover they are woefully uniformed. Wasting zero time, writer and director Ines Toharia…
Film Review: ‘Film, the Living Record of Our Memory’: The Medium Is the (Often Ailing) Star
Former British PM Johnson Joins Outcry Over Censoring of Roald Dahl’s Books
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson is the latest high-profile individual disparaging the rewriting of some of Roald Dahl’s popular books for children. Johnson criticized publisher Puffin for rewriting Dahl’s stories by reciting a song by the Oompa-Loompas during a speech in London at the Global Soft Power Summit on Thursday, reported The Guardian. Johnson…
Profiles in History: James A. Folger: The California Coffee Rush
James A. Folger (1835–1889) was the second youngest of nine children. Born on Nantucket to a well-to-do family whose roots went back to the earliest of colonists, he would soon get the chance to make it on his own as a businessman. When word spread across the continent that gold had been found in California…
More Children May Remember Past Lives Than You Expect
When Chase Bowman was 5 years old, he developed a sudden phobia of loud, booming sounds. He had no prior experience that would have induced such trauma. Sitting on his mother’s lap, eyes closed, he described matter-of-factly a scene that Chase Bowman would not have been exposed to in his five years. “He said I’m…
Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for March 3–9
This week, we feature a new comedy about a grumpy coach and his unique team and a stylized crime thriller about G-men taking down the mob. New Release ‘Champions’ Marcus (Woody Harrelson) is a bitter minor-league basketball coach who lands in court after some bad decisions. Although initially upset when he’s court-ordered to do community…
Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for March 3–9
This week, we feature a new biography of a nearly forgotten Civil War general and an absorbing history of a shipwreck that stunned Britain. Biography ‘Union General: Samuel Ryan Curtis and Victory in the West’ By William L. Shea Samuel Ryan Curtis was one of the North’s most successful generals. He never lost a battle…
The Hermitage of St. Petersburg: Museum of Art and Architecture
March 3, 2023
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One of the largest art museums in the world and the former residence of the Romanov czars, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, is in the historical center of the city. Composed of five buildings, the Hermitage hosts about 3 million items dating from the Stone Age to the present, including old masters’…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Heidi’: The Mountain of Awakening and Self-Discovery
U | 1h 40 min | Drama | 2005 A mountain isn’t for the faint-hearted: It rewards only the brave. Those who dare its rarified heights can awaken to their real selves because they see and hear farther, clearer. Johanna Spyri’s 19th-century novel “Heidi” is about how some learn that lesson better than others. For…
Book Review: Mongol Warrior Versus European Knight: Eastern Europe 1237–42
March 2, 2023
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There can hardly be a better example of a clash of civilizations than when the Mongols and Europeans met on the battlefield. The Mongols, led by the Khans, established the largest contiguous land empire in human history, stretching across approximately 9 million square miles. Stephen Turnbull’s new book “Mongol Warrior Versus European Knight: Eastern Europe…
Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Inglourious Basterds’: Director Quentin Tarantino’s Tour-de-Force WWII Re-imagining
R | 2h 33min | Drama, Comedy, War, Historical Fiction | 21 August 2009 (USA) With the exception of two key, patience-testing, dialogue-heavy scenes, Quentin Tarantino’s purposefully misspelled “Inglourious Basterds” is a near-perfect movie and one of the most innovative and unique World War II films ever made. It should be pointed out that this is not a remake of the 1978…
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