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Searching for yourself in medieval times: Lena Dunham’s ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ (opens the original)
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One of the prevailing stereotypes of the Middle Ages is that they were really, really dirty. According to many movies and TV shows (and even some histories), medieval people wallowed in constant filth, their bodies walking bacterial cultures, indoor plumbing a concept too fantastical to be considered. Modern historians generally agree that these images are overblown, but they’re hard to shake. For instance, Paul Greengrass’ medieval action film “The Uprising”—which I reviewed for America last we
‘The Uprising’ review: Religion and politics, circa 1381 (opens the original)
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In 1381, English peasants rebelled against their feudal lords. It wasn’t the first rebellion of its kind, but it was an indication of the growing popularity of ideas about personal and economic liberty that would shape the coming centuries. It was also, as all revolutions are, a response to the gross injustices of the time. In A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, Barbara Tuchman writes: “What had happened in the last thirty years, as a result of plague, war, oppression, and incompetenc
‘Coyote vs. Acme’: Family film or existential fable? (opens the original)
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Unlikely as it may seem, midway through “Coyote vs. Acme,” the new Looney Tunes film directed by Dave Green, I found myself thinking of Robert Bresson’s World War II prison drama “A Man Escaped” (1956). Specifically, I thought of the scene where captured French resistance fighter Fontaine explains to another prisoner why he scrapes at the wooden door of his cell with a spoon everyday, despite the near-impossibility of escape. Fontaine replies: “To fight. To fight the walls, to fight myself, to f
Peter Weir’s ‘Witness’: thriller, romance, story of faith (opens the original)
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Growing up in Pennsylvania, as I did, you become familiar with the Amish. The oldest Amish community in America is in Lancaster County, some 60 miles west of Philadelphia and half that from my hometown. On fall weekends our parents would take us out there for baked goods and crafts. We’d thrill at spotting an Amish family on the road driving a horse and buggy: the men with their brimmed hats and robust beards, the women with their bonnets and monochrome dresses. Anytime I made eye contact with t
Cherishing truth amid lies: Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon’ (opens the original)
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“Say it’s only a paper moon,” singer Peggy Healy croons on Paul Whiteman’s 1933 recording of the once-popular song, “sailing over a cardboard sea/ But it wouldn’t be make-believe/ If you believed in me.” The song is both lighthearted and poignant, a testament—depending on your perspective—to the power of fantasy or belief. Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich borrowed the central metaphor (and the title) for his 1973 film “Paper Moon.” Adapted by screenwriter Alvin Sargent from Joe David Brown’s novel Ad
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