The film is a three-act "chamber film," in which four family members act as mirrors for each other. It is the first of many Bergman films to be shot on the island of Fårö. Fårö is part of Gotland, the largest island in Sweden. The title is from a Biblical passage. The ...
In Hungary, residents of a building slated to be demolished gather to ruminate on the past four decades of their lives. Recalling their personal sagas in the context of Hungary's turbulent political history, the residents -- including a woman jailed for her political beliefs (Lucyna Winnicka),...
even if the values are different from one person to the next. Nietzsche asserted that what made people great was not the content of their beliefs, but the act of valuing. Thus the values a community strives to articulate are not as important as the collective will to see those values come...
He took advantage of Germany’s weakness in World War One, then used it as an opportunity to blame the Jews for Germany’s defeat. Hitler’s political party was the largest political party in Germany thus allowing them to draw very large crowds to gatherings. He had very good oratory ...
App #2 The Feeling Good App: Part 2 of 2–The Unexpected Results of the Latest Beta Test 36 283 The O of OCD: Featuring Thai-An Truong, LPC, LADC 62 284 Ask David, with Special Guest, Dr. Matthew May: Dealing with Fear, People who Gossip, and Self-Defeating Beliefs 44 285 ...
Based on the award-winning sci-fi epics from Isaac Asimov, Foundation chronicles the fate of an entire galaxy that rests on a band of exiles and the beliefs of Dr. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris). Asimov's books had a huge impact on the science-fiction genre with other titles like Dune and...
Overbearing or self-assertive to the point of being obnoxious; conceited bordering on arrogant. cabal A group engaged in secret plotting against authority. A cabal might be a political faction that scorns the government, or a splinter group of employees dissatisfied with the head of their departmen...
business and political associates, and others who may hold the same beliefs. Presidents and Governors have the authority to pardon convicted criminals and there are no real limits on who they can pardon and why. Quite often there are a flurry of pardons during the lame duck days of an outgoi...
As always, this is a labour of love, but it aligns with an important message I share all the time– it is time to pay attention to the information that matters, and what is going on in our world matters. The shiny stuff (political scandals, celebrity nonsense, and more) ...
Asturias combined his extensive knowledge of Mayan beliefs with his political convictions, channeling them into a life of commitment and solidarity. His work is often identified with the social and moral aspirations of the Guatemalan people. After decades of exile and marginalization, Asturias finally ...