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Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows (1955) is a film admired by many of the greats of contemporary cinema. For example Martin Scorses...

My response to this TED talk by economist Robert Gordon? Precisely. via Rod Dreher

The other day Rod Dreher wrote: "Argument has its place, but story is what truly moves the hearts and minds of men." An example ....

Here's a very cool visualization of Steadicam  shots from the first five feature films of American director Paul Thomas Anderson. The fi...

Yesterday on Meet the Press Gen. David Petraeus argued against the "enhanced interrogation techniques" a/k/a torture that continue...

The books they're holding are Bibles. . . Read the story behind the video here.

HT: Current

It's been a week of serious topics here at Frightfully Pleased . But as a certain margarita-swilling troubodour has reminded us -- ...

One of my favorite memories from the holiday season just past is the night my wife and I and her parents who were visiting from Pennsylvania...

Going into overtime yesterday in their game against North Carolina State the Florida Gators were a dismal 1 for 22 from the 3-point line. Th...

but this is a well done spoof!

As far as I know this isn't a joke.

He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning. They turn around and around by his guidance, to accomplish all tha...