A Collected Angel in Chicago

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:::WARNING::: Explicit video; can be very upsetting to watch. You’re warned. Doubtless many of you have seen this ugly video out of Chicago. Apparently the attack happened last April, but the video is going viral, now. It is shocking, and depressing; in a display of callous disregard for the dignity of another human person, and [...]

Three Little Words – UPDATE

Deacon Greg used his phone to take this picture — an ad on the back of a NYC bus, promoting NET-NY (Where of course, In the Arena and Currents are produced, along with many other great programs). Even if the ad promoted nothing at all, I love the idea of that message being seen on [...]

Missing Peter Falk

I knew that Peter Falk was an actor who often improvised, as his often powerful work with John Cassavetes attests, but I was still surprised to learn, first, that Falk was in Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire and second, that Falk largely improvised his role. Joseph Susanka discusses it all, here For me, however, the [...]