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Movies and Film: When Is a Movie a Film?

When Is a Movie a Film?Movies and FilmWhen Is a Movie a Film?Taking in a Movie vs. Watching a FilmHow to Watch a Flick as If It Were a Film These are impossible questions to answer with any degree…

Chauncey Judd: The Abduction

A Quilting Party Ebenezer Dayton The Abduction Presently Chauncey came to a small piece of woods, through which ran a foot-path, cutting off an angle of the road, and shortening by a…

Congressional District Information

The Question: Who is the representative from our congressional district? The Answer: That's a difficult question for us to answer, because we don't know…

"A Work in Progress"

  What do you feel your obligation is, to the people that you don't know, that you haven't a history with— the descendants of black slaves. What do you owe them? Here's the…

Brewer's: Donna Anna

A lady beloved by Don Ottavio, but seduced by Don Giovanni, who also killed her father, the “Commandant of the City,” in a duel. (Mozart's opera of Don Giovanni.) Source: Dictionary of…

The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline

This timeline provides information about the gay rights movement in the United States from 1924 to the present: including the Stonewall riots; the contributions of Harvey Milk; the "Don't Ask, Don't…

Lewis Carroll: CANTO V—Byckerment

CANTO V—Byckerment“Don’t they consult the ‘Victims,’ though?” I said.  “They should, by rights, Give them a chance—because, you know, The tastes of people differ so, Especially in Sprites.”…

Pattypans

Pattypans"What's the matter, Daisy?" "The boys won't let me play with them." "Why not?" "They say girls can't play football." "They can, for I've done it!" and Mrs. Bhaer laughed at the…

Hossein Amini Biography

Hossein Aminiscreenwriter British screenwriter whose film The Wings of the Dove (1997) was nominated for an Academy Award. Has also written television films for the BBC and the movies Jude (1996) and…