Algren – A writer and his world
Three Rules of Life: Never play cards with a guy named Doc.Never eat at a restaurant called...
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Amundson: The Greatest Expedition
Roald Amundsen is probably best known as the polar explorer who beat Robert Scott to the South...
Hesburgh – Conscience of the Nation
He was called ?the Conscience of the Nation.? He was the advisor and friend of Presidents of both parties from Dwight Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan. He served (and eventually chaired) the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. And around...
The Disaster Artist: The Lost (and Found) American Dream
The Disaster Artist tells the story of Greg Sistero (Dave Franco), an aspiring actor who dreams of...
Ethel & Ernest – Extraordinary Ordinariness
?There was nothing extraordinary about my Mum and Dad. Nothing dramatic. . .. But they were my...
Maudie – Validation of a Life
?The whole of life, already framed, right there.? It?s hard to assign Maudie to any one genre....
A Quiet Passion – Emily Dickinson and Spiritual Contemplation
While watching A Quiet Passion I was struck by how well Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) would fit in with today?s ?spiritual but not religious? sentiment.
I Saw the Light – Hank Williams’s Demons and Darkness
Hank Williams has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriting Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There are so many songs associated with him that it?s hard to believe that he died when he was only 29.
Janis: Little Girl Blue – Janis Joplin Searching for Love
Early in Janis: Little Girl Blue, we hear Janis Joplin talking about ambition and reducing it to...