Tag: Community

  • This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection

    This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection

    If faith can give meaning to one’s life, conversely, losing the meaning of life can make one lose faith. We may look at the heroine of This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection, Mantoa, an old widow who first suffers from bereavement and then eviction with all her neighbors. In this plight, what does…

  • Midsommar

    Midsommar

    Think back to a time in your life when you were going through a breakup — or, if not a breakup, then the unpleasant end of some meaningful relationship. Maybe you parted ways with a friend over some irreconcilable difference. Perhaps you and a loved one have not spoken due to some deep wounds in…

  • The Last of Sheila

    The Last of Sheila

    “Showing off,” writes Steve Martin in L.A. Story, “is the idiot’s version of being interesting.” The Last of Sheila is populated with L.A. idiots who show off, show people in fact, who don’t know how to just show up, to be present, to be personal. They are smart — or at least they are smart…

  • Do The Right Thing

    Do The Right Thing

    July was a difficult month for America. The shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile raised national debates about racism, police violence, and Black Lives Matter. The retaliatory shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge ushered in new layers of fear and chaos. Our nation bled from open wounds, and we are still…

  • Captain America: Civil War

    Captain America: Civil War

    Marvel’s at it again. This spring’s big hit is an adaption of the multiverse sensation Civil War for the newest Captain America movie. I remember 10 years ago spending hours in our local library reading this amazing story from as many points of view as they had, feeling the tension, fractures, sabotages, and trying to…

  • Everybody Wants Some!!

    Everybody Wants Some!!

    Two years after Boyhood, Richard Linklater is back with Everybody Wants Some!! – a “spiritual sequel” to the 1993 classic Dazed and Confused. Linklater has always defied traditional approaches to storytelling. Instead of a plot and three acts, Linklater films are driven by music, characters, and authenticity. Tune in to this month’s podcast as we…

  • The Jungle Book

    The Jungle Book

    “Now this is the Law of the Jungle — as old and as true as the sky…” begins Kipling’s poem in the original Jungle Book. The Law of the Jungle is not just survival of the fittest, it is a recitation of all that brings life and order to the wolf pack. How does the…