In Close-Up, Abbas Kiarostami retells the true story of the trial of Hossein Sabzian who fraudulently convinced a family that he was the famous film director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The entire incident comes about in a seemingly innocent way; however, the moral struggle surrounding the deception involves a complex wrestling with Read More …
I first watched Night and Fog about ten years ago, and it was a haunting, powerful experience that left me shaken and moved. The one scene I most vividly remembered was the cutting from footage of a Nazi train en route to a concentration camp Read More …
Søren Kierkegaard wrote: “The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I would reply: Create silence! The Word of God cannot be heard in the noisy world of today. Read More …