The writer/director of one of our favorite movies of the year talks about writing priests and conflict that feels true.
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and intelligent man and ready to discuss anything.
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ Turns Autofiction Into Thrilling Sci-Fi
The Hollywood maestro’s latest is filled with excitement and sentimentality.
Disclosure Day
Across the films of Steven Spielberg, aliens have frequently been a vehicle to explore religiosity from a secular perspective. Institutions and dogma are elided in favor of dramatizing the ecstatic feeling of believing in something far beyond one�s station, and having that faith rewarded.
Spielberg’s ‘A.I.’ Divided Critics, but It’s the Ultimate Coming-of-Age Story 20 Years Later
Movies don't change, we do. And where you are in life may affect how you receive the heartbreaking vision of this film.
StoryScope: Investigating idiosyncrasies in AI fiction
As AI-generated fiction becomes increasingly prevalent, questions of authorship and originality are becoming central to how written work is evaluated. While most existing work in this space...
An Interview with Robert Frank - "If An Artist Doesn't Take Risks, Then It's Not Worth It." (2007)
An Exclusive Interview with Robert Frank, Robert Frank’s Studio, New York, July 22, 2007
'We Think We Wrote Something That Fans Would Like' — Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Director Says 'Financial Reasons' Might Keep Sequel from Coming Out Even Though It Already Has a Script
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves co-director Jonathan Goldstein says the script for a sequel already exists, but he's not expecting it to see the light of day any time soon.
On Enchanted Flatland: Iain McGilchrist & the Problem of Romantic Liberalism
A follow-up to my contribution to Rosy Cross: Question of Right & Truth of Christianity
Twilight of the Spielberg Image
Steven Spielberg's career wrestles with the power and meaning of image-making, and his sci-fi "Disclosure Day" makes this its very subject.
Work is a cult, here's how to escape
"I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic
"I’m just really unimpressed with it."
Steven Spielberg Is Still Searching for Truth
With ‘Disclosure Day,’ the master director continues to understand the power of revelation, even if he doesn’t have much to disclose this time around
A Guide to Home ECN-2 Processing
54 votes, 75 comments. Hey there everyone! Robert from Brooktree Film Lab here, excited to share a thrilling development with all of you: true ECN-…
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Anna Ciaunica PhD
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