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Halloween Tips from Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game (1939)
Seventy-five years ago,Jean Renoir filmedThe Rules of the Game (1939) ...Jean Renoir as a bear, with Nora Gregor andMarcel Dalio to his right in folk costume.In the spirit of the season, I offer some...
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Horror of Dracula Has Risen From the Grave!
CLICK HEREFOR THE HORROR OF DRACULAPODCASTFive years ago, Kevin B. Lee invited Christianne Benedict and me to talk about Horror of Dracula(1958) for a podcast on his now-dormant blog Shooting Down...
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Notes for an Essay Series on Winsor McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur
Winsor McCay'sGertie the Dinosaur (1914)Turns 100!Gertie peeks out.The world’s oldest animated dinosaur, Gertie, turned 100 this year. Gertie made her world debut in February 1914, with the animated...
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Annunciation Essays: Meditation on Robert Campin’s Mérode Altarpiece
Annunciation bloggingfor Advent 2014:The Mérode Altarpieceby the Workshop of Robert CampinAnnunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)Workshop of Robert Campin (Netherlandish, ca. 1375-1444, Tournai)Date:...
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Annunciation Essays: Meditation on Jan van Eyck's The Annunciation
Annunciation Bloggingfor Advent 2014:The Annunciationby Jan van EyckFade in. An angel appears before Mary. The angel makes a surprising proposal, Mary responds with a question, the angel reassures...
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Meditation on Henry Ossawa Tanner's The Annunciation
Annunciation Bloggingfor Advent 2014:Henry Ossawa Tanner’sThe AnnunciationThe Annunciation by Henry Ossawa Tanner,1898, oil on canvas, 57 x 71 1/4 inches,Philadelphia Museum of Art.Detail, The...
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Nativity Essays: Meditation on Botticelli's Virgin Adoring the Child
Nativity bloggingfor the Season of Christmastide 2014-15:Sandro Botticelli'sThe Virgin Adoring the ChildThe Virgin Adoring the Child by Sandro Botticelli,1480/90, tempera on panel, 23 3/16 in....
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Nativity Essays: William Blake and a Gnostic-Style Manger Scene
Nativity Bloggingfor the Season of Christmastide 2014-15:William Blake’sThe NativityThe Nativity by William Blake,1799 or 1800, tempera on copper, 10 3/4 x 15 1/16 in.,gift of Mrs. William Thomas...
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Menotti's Epiphany: Amahl's Roots in Hieronymus Bosch
Epiphany Blogging:Hieronymus Bosch’sThe Adoration of the Magiand Gian Carl Menotti’sAmahl and the Night VisitorsThe Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch,ca. 1470-75, oil and gold on wood, 28 x 22...
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Thomas Merton and I Share a Fire Watch
Trappist Bloggingin Honor of Thomas Merton's100th Birthday:Essay 1 of 6 on"Fire Watch, July 4, 1952,"the epilogue of The Sign of JonasPart One: Thomas Merton, WriterThomas Merton would have turned 100...
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Learning to Walk in the Dark with Thomas Merton
Trappist Bloggingin Honor of Thomas Merton's100th Birthday:Essay 2 of 6 on"Fire Watch, July 4, 1952,"the epilogue of The Sign of JonasPart 1: Valuing the DarknessThe Monk by the Sea by Caspar David...
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Thomas Merton and Bob Dylan Riffing on Isaiah
Trappist Bloggingin Honor of Thomas Merton's100th Birthday:Essay 3 of 6 on"Fire Watch, July 4, 1952,"the epilogue of The Sign of JonasPart One: Isaiah, Dylan, and MertonKingdoms are poised to fall in...
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Thomas Merton and Vincent van Gogh Under the Stars
Trappist Bloggingin Honor of Thomas Merton's100th Birthday:Essay 4 of 6 on"Fire Watch, July 4, 1952,"the epilogue of The Sign of JonasThomas Merton’s spiritual embrace of the night sky in “Fire Watch,...
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Thomas Merton and a Hedgehog on the Hero's Journey
Trappist Bloggingin Honor of Thomas Merton's100th Birthday:Essay 5 of 6 on"Fire Watch, July 4, 1952,"the epilogue of The Sign of JonasPart One: Fear of the DarkIn Yuri Norstein's enchanting animated...
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Thomas Merton, William Blake, and I Contemplate Eternity
Trappist Bloggingin Honor of Thomas Merton's100th Birthday:Essay 6 of 6 on"Fire Watch, July 4, 1952,"the epilogue of The Sign of JonasMy son Terry overlooking the Grand Canyon.The things of Time are in...
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First Men in the Moon: Cavor in Quarantine
21 Essays is a proud participant inFor the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon,May 13-17, 2015LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY!!!If you like this blog... if you like science fiction...if you support...
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Selenites and Skeletons
21 Essays is a proud participant inFor the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon,May 13-17, 2015LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY!!!If you like this blog... if you like science fiction...if you support...
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First Men in the Moon: History Repeats
21 Essays is a proud participant inFor the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon,May 13-17, 2015LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY!!!If you like this blog... if you like science fiction...if you support...
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The Music Behind the Harryhausen Movies
Selenite-blogging, essay 4 of 5 blog entrieson First Men in the Moon (1964)Part One: A Salute to Laurie JohnsonThe great movie composers inevitably seem to get associated with one particular score—the...
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Ray Harryhausen Goes to Heaven
Selenite-blogging, essay 5 of 5 blog entrieson First Men in the Moon (1964)Ray Harryhausen Goes to HeavenJoseph Cavor (Lionel Jeffries) approaches the lunar staircasein First Men in the Moon (1964).“I...
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