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December 11, 2017 J.A.A. Purves

The Arts & Faith Top 25 Films on Waking Up

“My father says almost the whole world’s asleep.  Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to.  He says

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ArtsCulture
October 5, 2017 J.A.A. Purves

Towards a New Theory of Film Criticism, Part Two

2.  Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Fancy” and “Imagination”: It should clear that this essay is exploring Coleridge’s thought under the assumption

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Education
September 28, 2017 Donald Williams

Compelling Interests

Editor’s Note: Today we are honored to publish Donald T. Williams, PhD., who is the R. A. Forrest Scholar at Toccoa

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ArtsCulture
September 14, 2017 J.A.A. Purves

Towards a New Theory of Film Criticism, Part One

“Sightseeing becomes sinful, when it renders a man prone to the vices of lust and cruelty on account of things

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Culture
September 3, 2017 J.A.A. Purves

About Us

“Just as one generation could prevent the very existence of the next generation, by all entering a monastery or jumping

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Arts
July 1, 2017 J.A.A. Purves

Paterson (2016) – directed by Jim Jarmusch

“A man like a city and a woman like a flower —who are in love.” – William Carlos Williams In our

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Politics
September 17, 2016 J.A.A. Purves

101 Reasons NOT to Vote For Donald Trump

(and NOT for Hillary Clinton either) or, 101 Reasons Not to Opt for Scylla or Charybdis Two hundred and twenty

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Arts
July 24, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) – directed by Jim Jarmusch

“For rhythm and harmony penetrate deeply into the mind and have a most powerful effect on it, and if education

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Arts
June 20, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

The Immigrant (2013) – directed by James Gray

“The waters of the harbor were translucent and aquamarine; they ran thick with shards of ice and white islands as

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Arts
June 18, 2014 J.A.A. Purves

Troy (2004) – Wolfgang Petersen – Film Review Part 3

“The truest tale in the world is the Iliad or Siege of Troy. Wars never begin in hatred; they either arise out

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