Living with War: A Job-like wondering met with silence Making their way to Panama in late 1989 to overthrow the drug-running regime of Manuel…
First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2018)
The Sickness unto Death First Reformed is a film about depression and despair. While the two may go hand in hand, they are not…
An Inspector Calls (Aisling Walsh, 2015)
I am responsible for what I know The story of An Inspector Calls occurs in April 1912, and the action takes place in a…
The Post (Steven Spielberg, 2018)
The free press in a democracy In 1971 the United States was at war in Viet Nam, and I was eligible for the draft.…
Silence (Martin Scorcese, 2016)
The silence beyond all enduring I read Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence a few years after it was first published in English in 1969. I…
Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017)
A Discussion Guide Backstory: the Creation of Wonder Woman Wonder Woman was originally the brainchild of Dr. William Moulon Marston (1893-1947), a Harvard educated…
Light in a Darkened Room
When I teach on film and have the chance to recommend books I always include the ones written by Roy Anker. In fact, I…
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017) & Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Being human in a world of machines Some questions never go away. We may ignore them, or be so distracted or addicted or busy…
Ex Machina
The Real Test “To be or not to be—that is the question.” [Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1] Things were changing when Mortimer Adler published…
Dr. Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016)
When battles are within and without Stephen Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) is a brilliant neurosurgeon with a worldwide reputation and an ego that…