Tonight for the last discussion in my Spring International Law seminar we will be discussing Jus in bello or the law regulating conduct by combatants (earnestly called Humanitarian Law)… in that we will discuss weapons like the use of gas during WW1 (and by the Egyptians in Yemen during the mid 1960s)… It always [...]
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A new documentary about Ricky Jay, one of my favorite entertainers — evah! — making the festival circuit. Share on Facebook Ray Harryhausen, a genius, and giant, of movie special effects has died at age 92. Ray Harryhausen, the animator and special-effects wizard who found ways to breathe cinematic life into the gargantuan, the mythical and the extinct, died on Tuesday in London. He was 92 and lived in London. His family announced his [...] The Resurrection of Christ by Peter Paul Rubens (1611) Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much [...] Wanks is down again this weekend so if you pray please send up a few for her. This weekend’s five is Easter-related. Movie channels often show Christian-themed movies so this weekend’s Five will deal with that theme. What are your favorite (as opposed to “Best”) religious-themed works of entertainment. I’m excluding art because I [...] He’s Nick Searcy, but you already knew that. Nick Searcy is a guest on “Red Eye” tonight (or early tomorrow morning, depending on your perspective). Set your DVR or VCR or, if you don’t have either, down a pot of coffee and watch it live! Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Martin Scorsese wrote a great review of The Searchers last week for The Hollywood Reporter. The Searchers has been more or less officially recognized as a great American classic. But I have to admit that I never really know what that kind of recognition amounts to. The film turns up on many 10-greatest-films-of-all-time lists, [...] Life imitates art in China: Mourners couldn’t believe their eyes when a 101-year-old woman sat up and spoke – just as she was being put in her coffin. Peng Xiuhua wanted to know why so many people were in her house in Lianjiang, Guangdong province, China. Peng, who lived alone, had taken a tumble [...] …a psychedelic TV commercial for orange soda. I hadn’t thought of this commercial in forever, and then I saw a pin-up drawing by an artist named Runci today which he did for Nesbitt’s Soda…synapses fired and the rest is history. I remember being really confused by this commercial back in the day. It is definitely [...] Sports Illustrated put up its list of 100 Greatest Sports Photos last month. I think their bias towards their own photogs, while understandable, clouded their judgment because it doesn’t include this classic 1964 photo of Y.A. Tittle by Morris Berman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Anyway… a lot of great sports photography can be [...] Beautiful and complex things happen randomly right? Yeah right. A Greek film production company called Deep Green Sea put together this beautiful little 3 minutes film chronicling the 299 hours of loving and meticulous process flamenco guitar maker Vassilis Lazarides puts into his creations. The guitarist in the video is Edsart Udo De Haes. [...] I’ve noted my love of maps on here before. One of the joys of my career is teaching the undergraduate survey World Geography course. Here’s a great piece from the Wall Street Journal attempting to put the age of digital maps in context. But my favorite cartographic error is the Mountains of Kong, a [...] The Prophet Micah Foretells the Birth of Christ by Gerard Jollain (1670) Share on Facebook Share on Facebook My undergraduate Humanities class begins the Romantic period today… how best to match the artwork with a more modern setting? In a bid to try something new for the class I made this a couple of years ago. I also have a version using the theme from Vertigo. The kick off to the class [...] Conrad Veidt, publicity still from the 1928 horror film The Man Who Laughs Share on Facebook |
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