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May 19, 2014

Camera Q&A: Isabel Coixet on Aral: The Lost Sea

Who: Isabel Coixet is a Spanish filmmaker based in Barcelona. In 2010, she collaborated with Spanish nonprofit We Are Water for the organization’s first initiative aimed at improving the management…..

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April 15, 2014

Camera Q&A: James Romm on Nero and Seneca

Who: James Romm is a professor of classics at Bard College, with a specialty in ancient Greek and Roman history. His latest book, Dying Every Day examines the relationship between…..

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April 7, 2014

The Western Tradition revisited: Charlemagne

(Publisher’s Note: Originally published in April of 2014) At the age of 87, English actor Christopher Lee portrayed one of Europe’s greatest kings in a most unusual fashion. 2010 saw…..

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March 23, 2014

Wes Anderson & filmmakers with unique worlds

(Publisher’s Note: Originally published in March of 2014) Wes Anderson is once again taking bright colors, deadpan humor, a completely ridiculous story, and recruited friends Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, and…..

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March 20, 2014

True Detective: An Appreciation

(Publisher’s Note: Originally published in March of 2014) Whether at work, or at school, or simply on the street, you have probably overheard a group of people talk about how…..

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March 17, 2014

The Western Tradition revisited: The Byzantines

(Publisher’s Note: Originally published in March of 2014) The glory that was Rome and its empire has been covered in television documentaries rather expansively. Yet the Eastern Empire that survived…..

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March 5, 2014

Harold Ramis, Canada Thanks You

(Publisher’s Note: Originally published in March of 2014) The late 1970s and early 1980s are probably the best time for on-screen comedy that we’ll ever see. Saturday Night Live and…..