The Making of the Western Mind Goes Back to the Cross, Says Author

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By: Kristian Johnson

“To go almost on pilgrimages, to take the knee, to fill great civic centres, not just in the United States, but across the Western world. I would argue that there is nothing culturally given about this, it’s reflective of highly contingent trends that are so deep and ancient that ultimately, they go back 2000 years to that very primal image of a man tortured to death by an oppressive state apparatus. Jesus on the cross.” ~ Tom Holland

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The Quiet Girl – Reel Dialogue Movie Review

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By: Michael Walsh

The first Irish language feature to compete at Berlin, and winner of seven Irish Film and Television Awards, including Best Film, Colm Bairéad’s adaptation of Claire Keegan’s 2010 short story Foster is one of the first feature-length Irish language films to be produced as part of a program to develop a representation of the language in media. Continue reading “The Quiet Girl – Reel Dialogue Movie Review”