From the 1980s to today, independent screenplays have used a distinct approach to cinematic storytelling.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Ridge recently performed in “A Night in November”. It’s a one-man play about a Protestant clerk in Northern Ireland who decides to forsake the legacy of prejudice and hate.
Jake Tapper tells Anne Strainchamps about the importance of lies during wartime and gives several examples of strategic deceptions.
James Hughes is a practicing Buddhist who believes that the future may present radically new possibilities for death, including a potential end to the end of life.
Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. is the author of "The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction."
James Miller has written a fascinating book called “Examined Lives," a collection of short biographies of philosophers from Socrates to Nietzsche...
S. Alexander Reed gives us a crash course on what may be the ultimate protest music -- industrial music.
Howard Schwartz talks with Anne Strainchamps about the angel traditions in Judaism, and the many angelic appearances in Hebrew literature.
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