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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On the Unfortunate Idea of the “Culture Wars”
“Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.” – Thomas Carlyle
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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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Of Gods and Men (2010) – Xavier Beauvois
“I am aware of the scorn which can be heaped on Algerians indiscriminately. I am also aware of the caricatures
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