March 21, 2013 - 10:30am
It's atheist Christopher Hitchens versus pastor Douglas Wilson in a battle royale over whether or not God is good for the world.
Ok, kids, it's going to get a little messy in here. We are going to talk about religion. Specifically, we are going to talk about arguing about religion. People tend to get quite heated on the topic. Many religious people believe that anybody not like them are going to hell, and many...
March 20, 2013 - 11:53am
Witness the journey of nine girls from around the world as they seek for proper and equal education.
It's hard sometimes to believe that in today's progressive, more enlightened world, women still get the short end of the stick. Even in our country, successful and powerful women are defined in masculine terms, as if they have transcended their gender to become more than a woman, but a...
February 15, 2013 - 11:45am
See the Oscar-nominated documentary this Sunday at the Clifton Center.
We are going to make a loop. Ready? The Oscars are in just over a week. Lincoln has been nominated for 12 awards and is expected to sweep. One of the awards for which it is nominated – rightfully – is Best Adapted Screenplay. The script in question was written by Tony Kushner, who is...
February 1, 2013 - 4:32pm
The new documentary by Ken Burns about prejudice and injustice in the legal system.
It would be a cliché to talk about how, despite the progress that has been made, prejudice is still an unfortunate fact of our society. It would also be a cliché to talk about the problems in our justice system. Thus, imagine how unoriginal it would be to talk about how prejudice can inform and...
January 16, 2013 - 10:47am
The true story of one of bloodiest feuds in Kentucky history.
Feuds are a nasty business. Imagine it. Think about what it would be like to actively hate an entire family – and to have them hate you back. Imagine the constant threat of being attacked, being killed; imagine being the one to kill another person because their relative insulted your relative...