Recognition and Alienation in They Shall Not Grow Old

Peter Jackson’s new documentary They Shall Not Grow Old attempts to bridge the divide between the First World War and the modern day.

Friday Reading: Inscription About Grave Robbing From Jesus’s Hometown, Jony Ive Talks About The New iPad, and Extra Terrestrial Life?

There’s a first century piece of marble from Nazareth that warns of the punishments of grave robbing. Some wonder if it’s connected to early Christianity. Would it be better to run elections determined on lots on a continuous cycle? Short Jony Ive interview about the new iPad. Some astronomers are asking if a recent interstellar […]

The Sound Design of Magic in the Harry Potter Films

What should magic sound like? This was the problem the creators of the Harry Potter film world needed to solve.

C’est La Vie by Phosphorescent

Matthew Houek’s seventh album explores topics of growth, parenthood and middle age.

Corruption and Redemption in Widows

Steve McQueen’s new heist film stretches and challenges the heist conventions.