Today's films revel in saturated noise. The silent films of Buster Keaton, by contrast, bring us back to a time when film narrative worked its silent magic in ways that also asked us to impose our imaginations upon what we could only see.
"Eden’s days come back in shards of fractured memories, contextualized conjecture and research, and my mother's voice as the old reliable washing machine that spins and recycles for years after the events. I cling to these fleeting blissful moments from life on Crescent Avenue in Hillsdale, suburban St. Louis. We were as idyllic an American family as any with a mama and daddy, a son and a daughter and a German shepherd in the fenced backyard. Almost all of the actual pictures are gone. St. Louis County police and court records provide Suburban police reports reveal a patchwork quilt where compression is distortion and repetition alters the fabric."
With a science world more and more inundated with research findings and publications, scientists are realizing the value of institutionalized scrutiny.
Although recommended to readers with an interest in Bacharach or in popular song of his era, Anyone Who Had a Heart is an unsatisfying book. Readers hoping that Burt Bacharach’s autobiography will reveal new depths in the man and his music may find that both come to seem shallower than ever.
In a land known for its bold writers and artists, Israeli scribe Etgar Keret stands apart as an author unafraid of regret.
In his final post on losing his religion, author Firmage asserts that religion, at its best, is truth that transcends history.
In his third post on religious unbelief, author Firmage explores how the accomplishments of religious figures resonate beyond matters of mere faith.
In this second installment on the personal loss of religious faith, author Firmage explores the connection between religious belief and creative genius.
A former Mormon tells of losing his religion through the very text most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hold dear.
Propositions requiring labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods are best fought with science before the public instead blames corporate influence.