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Spoiler-Free Review of Speak No Evil, my favorite film at Sundance 2022
When a Danish family visits a Dutch family they’ve met on holiday, what are easily brushed aside as cultural differences charge the battery in the slow-burn horror that is Speak No Evil. The psychological and social horror that characterize this … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy, Political Considerations
Tagged Culture, culture shock, fear, film, films, gore, guests, Horror, movie, movies, nightmares, social graces, speak no evil, Sundance, sundance 2022, sundance22, tafdrup, Terror, the guests
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Teaching Memo: How to Use Film [effectively] in the Classroom
In class this week, my students and I watched and discussed The Biggest Little Farm – an ingenious movie that I fully expected to be intensely boring but that I’ve now seen four times and absolutely adore. (Aside: When I first … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy, Political Considerations, Teaching Memos
Tagged biggestlittlefarm, effective teaching strategies, film, film in class, graphic organizers, learning, movie, movies, pedagogical practice, pedagogical strategies, pedagogy, scaffolding, Teaching, teaching strategies
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Don’t Androids Give the Best Advice?
This sort of thing tends to happen when I’ve not slept enough and I’m stuck unable to be productive or really do much of anything successfully. Rather than reading or writing, I spent about two thirds of my trip back … Continue reading
Posted in Travelogue, Travelogue 2017, Travels
Tagged airline travel, airplanes, deep thoughts, movies, Philosophy, purpose, sci fi, sleep deprived, travel, traveling
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