Lost is Found
For years, while Lost was running on TV, friends would tell me, “You need to
watch this show! You’ll love it!” This was probably because they knew of my
interest in philosophy,
Film & Television
Jane’s Choice
I saw the new movie Jane Eyre two weeks ago. Beautifully filmed and sustaining
incredible emotional intensity, it captures well the spirit of the book. I
watched the whole time curled up in
Love and Liberation in Of Gods and Men
Of Gods and Men [http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony/ofgodsandmen/] reminded
me how captivating film can be as an art form. French director Xavier Beauvois
masterfully refrains from sensationalizing the true story
Big Laughs, Cheap Grace
The family gathers at the home of the patriarch. Bitterness is in the air. The
son-in-law is wounded. He’s suffered another in a series of emotional and
physical assaults from the patriarch.
Meta-Mocks
Donald Kaufman reminded us, “There hasn’t been a new film genre since Fellini
invented the mockumentary.” But we need an addendum to that scene of Adaptation.
In the past year, two movies