Reading Time: 3 minutes No matter their appeal, superheroes fall far short of teaching us principles which will make our world better
Tag: Movies
Wild Bunch showed True Grit in demythologizing the Old West
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fifty years ago, True Grit and The Wild Bunch opened in theatres. They were both westerns, but they were dramatically different in tone and intent
Featuring more female sources should increase audience engagement
Reading Time: 3 minutes From entertainment to business to news media, the evidence is clear: audiences want gender diversity
Comic superheroes are the modern era’s version of Greek gods
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this new religion, heroes speak the truth and model the behaviours, values and norms of an increasingly diverse society
The rise and fall of a legendary Hollywood duo
Reading Time: 4 minutes Comedy masters Laurel and Hardy are the subject of a new biopic that tells a story of triumph and despair
What kind of legacy are you leaving in your wake?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The message of It’s a Wonderful Life rings true because it speaks of powerful universal truths that will never change
The last Blockbuster in America
Reading Time: 3 minutes The free market only sustains a faltering enterprise for so long. Consumer demands rapidly change, new products are always waiting
Does Canadian culture warrant widespread taxpayer support?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Protecting cultural industries from competition and propping them up with public money is just wasteful
Stan Lee, left-wing culture warrior
Reading Time: 3 minutes Under his leadership, Marvel directly challenged societal norms on race, religion, war, gender and sexuality
The subsidy table is set, and actors and writers will dine
Reading Time: 3 minutes The CRTC has backed away from a 21st-century funding model for the creation of Canadian content. We’ll all be poorer as a result