A Good War is Hard to Find: The Art of Violence in America (2006) – by David Griffith
“Even though a photograph is still … we trust it to tell the truth more vividly than a carefully-researched article.
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Arts
Beginners (2010) – Mike Mills
“People in the building like us. Half of them think things will never work out. The other half believe in
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) – Guy Ritchie
“When all is said and done, there have never been better detective stories than the old series of Sherlock Holmes;
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The Merchant of Venice (2004) – Michael Radford
“Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter my sober house.” – Shylock ________________________________________________________________________________ C.S. Lewis wrote the following –
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Hugo (2011) – Martin Scorsese
“Wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers … come and dream with me.” – Papa Georges ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Part One – Go Ahead The
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Winter’s Tale (1983) – by Mark Helprin (book review)
“For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone.” ________________________________________________________
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Beauty Will Save the World (2011) – by Gregory Wolfe (book review)
“There is a large body of believers who have essentially given up on contemporary culture; they may admire a few
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Another Year (2010) – Mike Leigh
Tom: I don’t think I really enjoyed history at school. Gerri: Didn’t you? Tom: Maybe I did. It’s just that the older you
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The Tree of Life (2011) – Terrence Malick
ART: a symbol that expresses very real spiritualities under the surface of life; a thing of glimpses – G.K. Chesterton In
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Beauty (2009) – by Roger Scruton (book review)
Art: the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary
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