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Category Archives: movies
Hidden history of the world
Last week, I ran across three different references to an eye-opening documentary titled A History of the World According to Getty Images. This impressive video created by British filmmaker Richard Misek explores the way that historic films are hidden from public … Continue reading
The Writing Life
The Writing Life is a wonderful short video essay about the demands and rewards that come with the pursuit of writing as a vocation. The video is told through the films of Wes Anderson featuring clips from Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore, The Grand Hotel Budapest, Wes Anderson
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Piracy Rules
I was today years old when I discovered that the Dread Pirate Roberts of Princess Bride book and movie fame was an actual person. Not only was Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722) a famous swashbuckler, he was the most successful … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, History, movies
Tagged pirates, Princess Bride, William Goldman
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A Brief History of Vampires
What could be more romantic on Valentine’s Day than the debonair modern vampire who was born with the publication of the gothic horror novel Dracula (1897) by the Irish author Bram Stoker. In the video below from the Victoria and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, History, Libraries, movies, Museums, Writing
Tagged Bram Stoker, Christopher Lee, Dracula, London, Vampires, Victoria & Albert Museum
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Spoiler Alert
These days it’s nearly impossible to avoid spoilers for films, television shows, or books. Fortunately, some folks have the good graces to warn us with a “spoiler alert.” But have you ever wondered where the term “spoilers” came from ? … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Magazines, National Lampoon, Television
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The Haunted Castle
In honor of the Halloween season, here’s the first horror film, Georges Méliès’ The Haunted Castle. Originally released in 1896, the year before Dracula was published, it had been thought to be lost until 1988, when a copy was discovered in the … Continue reading
The only lasting truth is change.
When she was nine years old, Octavia Butler saw a sci-fi film called “Devil Girl From Mars” and thought to herself: “I can write a better story than that.” She went on to become the first widely recognized Black female … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Octavia Butler, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Comics Join The Classics
Joing the likes of Ivanhoe, David Copperfield, and The Great Gatsby, a series of Marvel comic books have united with Penguin Classics family. The Marvel Collection retraces the origins of favorite comic book superstars. The collection of stories reintroduces The Amazing Spider-Man, Black … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Black Panther, Comic Books, Marvel, Spider-Man, superheroes
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Why Orwell’s 1984 Still Matters
Each year around this time someone remembers that George Orwell’s iconic novel Nineteen Eighty- Four was first released in June of 1949. I think that bringing attention to the book is always a valuable exercise, now more than ever. Ironically, in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, Freedom of Speech, History, movies, Writing
Tagged 1984, Eric Blair, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
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