PG-13 | 1h 51min | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 20 January 2023 (USA) The first-cousin-once-removed genre of “found footage,” the “screenlife” storytelling technique has been around since 2000 (“Thomas in Love”) and began growing in popularity a decade later. In short, “screenlife” is a movie-telling device whereby no traditional cameras are used. In their stead are images from smartphones and all…
Film Review: ‘Missing’: A Twisty and Edgy Device-Based Crime Thriller
What The Lord of the Rings Teaches us About ‘Being Woke’
We all like stories, or sometimes, using posher language: narratives. There is a good reason for that: “Narrative may be regarded as a primary act of mind,” said Professor Brian Cox in his introduction to the English National Curriculum that was being introduced into UK schools in 1988. More recently, Frank Wolcek in his book…
The Divine Nature of Human Beings: Milton’s Satan in Awe
Our series “Illustrious Ideas and Illustrations: The Imagery of Gustav Doré” has shown the evil ways of Satan as he has vowed to take revenge on God. We’ve seen in our last article, that after having a difficult internal struggle in which he determinedly decides to continue defying God, Satan comes upon the paradise of…
Film Review: ‘Plane’: “De Plane, de Plane!’: Not That Kind of Fantasy Island
R | 1h 47m | Action, Thriller | January 13, 2023 “Plane” is a bit of a 1970s’ throwback, partly because when reading the movie’s title, the first thought I had was a memory of Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize from 1977–1984’s “Fantasy Island”) yelling, “De pleyne! De pleyne!” “Plane,” much like 1994’s “Speed,” 2014’s “Non-stop,” and last year’s “Ambulance,”…
Book Review: ‘Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller’
Buckminster Fuller was a brilliant man; there seems to be no doubt about it. In Alec Nevala-Lee’s new biography of the inventor/architect/designer, Fuller is presented as a man who was known by many in the highest circles nationally and internationally as one of the 20th century’s most brilliant people. But the book calls into question…
‘The Paris Library: A Novel’: An American Library in Paris Filled With Heroes
In “The Paris Library,” Janet Skeslien Charles gives us Odile Souchet, a young French woman who in the winter of 1939 follows her love of literature straight into a position at the American Library in Paris. Throughout the rest of the novel, we meet the rest of the library staff, the eccentric patrons, and the…
El Argar: A Forgotten Civilization | Arkeo Ep14 | Documentary
January 22, 2023
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The “El Argar” civilization ruled over all of southern Spain between 2200 and 1550 BCE, until it suddenly disappeared. Spanish archaeologists have nevertheless found traces of the Argaric culture a few kilometers from the city of Murcia. …
Book Review: ‘Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands From the Taliban’
The decision to exit Afghanistan was one discussed, haggled over, and planned for years. The disgraceful method in which the exit was conducted made it seem as though the decision had been made in minutes. The results of the seemingly non-strategic Afghanistan exit were tragic, costly, and embarrassing―the tragedy, costliness, and embarrassment is ongoing. Chad…
Profiles in History: Alfred Thayer Mahan: The Man Who Understood Sea Power
January 21, 2023
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Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840–1914) was born in West Point, New York, and was the son of a professor of civil and military engineering at the U.S. Military Academy. Despite his proximity to the military academy, it was the Navy that transfixed the young Mahan. After attending Columbia College in New York City, he was recommended…
Crawford: Family of Champions | Documentary
January 21, 2023
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The story of the Crawford family from Belleville, Ontario—a true Canadian family of champions on and off the ice. …
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