March 12, 2013 | Film,
In The Realms Of The Unreal
What would it feel like to spend 43 years inside a single room creating a 15,145 page book rich with illustrations, adventure and gruesome war scenes? How would it...
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February 6, 2013 | Film,
Spalding Gray, Sit Down Comedian
“Sitting squared behind that table gives me a center, makes the story the important thing and to some extent the table is a new image that can’t be pinned...
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2013 | Film,
David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and the Birth of the Term Lynchian
It begins with a severed ear in a grassy field. It’s out of place, it’s a metaphor, it’s a plot point, it’s simultaneously creepy, funny and intriguing. In a word,...
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2013 | Film,
The Many Stories of the Boston Busing/Desegregation Crisis
In 2009, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie spoke at a TED Talks conference on The Danger of a Single Story. I was blown away by her idea. It was a simple...
Read MoreNovember 28, 2012 | Film,
The Beautifully Grotesque: Pan’s Labyrinth and LA BELLE ET LA Bête
When I first encountered Pan’s Labyrinth in 2007, my initial reaction was disgust. All I could remember after watching the film was a scene in which a frog essentially turns...
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September 24, 2012 | Film, Notes From Leadership,
On “Stage Beauty”, or How I Know I Made The Right Career Choice
by David Dower Very late in the film Stage Beauty, which you have one more chance to see as part of our Shakespeare on Film series, there’s a scene where Claire Danes’...
Read MoreOctober 11, 2011 | Film, Theatre,
Check out books, music and films related to The Speaker’s Progress!
By Corrie Glanville BOOKS Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World by Robin Wright (2011) Award-winning journalist and television commentator Robin Wright, who has covered the Muslim...
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