We were free. But they were refugees from Greece, and they’d fought the Germans, the Italians, the Greek Communists and famine to be free, and survived as a family. In the world they’d endured, snowflakes didn’t survive. And if I could I’d ask them about that movie “Civil War...
The third and final entry in the X trilogy, MaXXXine once again sees the dynamic duo of Ti West and Mia Goth make movie magic. As the lone survivor of the first film, X, Maxine Minx (Goth) finally gets her big break as a Hollywood actress six years later. But with the notorious (...
The cakewalk was a pre-Civil War dance originally performed by slaves on plantation grounds. The uniquely American dance was first known as the “prize walk”; the prize was an elaborately decorated cake. Hence, “prize walk” is the original source for the phrases “takes the cake” and “...
Overall, my experience in teaching the Civil War, even with some ups and downs along the way, was a positive teaching experience for me, as I learned that while I still want a book that covers the newer areas of scholarly inquiry into the war, I also need to remember that my students ...
Cecil B. DeMille’s epic chronicles the westward expansion of the Union Pacific Railroad line circa 1862. Released on the70th anniversary of the actual railroad’s completion, the movie was bound for the first-ever Cannes Film Festival. When the festival was canceled due to World War II, it...
Following a much buzzed-about trailer, Alex Garland's political action thriller Civil War had its world premiere at SXSW last Thursday, garnering a slew of rave reviews. The reaction online since then — both to the movie itself and reviews out of the film festival — have been divisive, ...
Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA. AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope...
Why “the war for history” matters now: “authoritarian momentum in East Africa” (Part Six) Posted onNovember 11, 2014 1 Efforts to retroactively legitimize the 2007 Kenyan election and turn away from the questions of why election fraud was allowed to stand also help divert attention from ...
Cecil B. De Mille released his movieJoan the Womanthe following year. Joan was drafted during World War I, serving as a model soldier and the subject ofpoems and articles inStars and Stripes.A illustrated biography for childrenhit the shelves in 1918,and her equestrian statuefirst looked acros...
Men,Ex Machina, andAnnihilationdirector Alex Garland examines an America tearing itself apart inCivil War, and honestly, the trailer feels deeply uncomfortable to watch. A24dropped a chilling first look at the upcoming film which sees a "near-future" U.S. descending into brutal conflict. We're...