Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” Challenges Hollywood to Do Better By Richard Brody Perhaps no film in the history of cinema follows the movement of memory as faithfully, as passionately, or as profoundly as Terrence Malick’s new film, “Knight of Cups.” It’s an instant classic in several genres—the confessional, the inside-Hollywood story, the Dantesque midlife-crisis [...]
Say it’s Monday and it’s a bad one. You overslept and definitely didn’t shower, so your hair might smell and maybe you spill some coffee on your shirt while you’re barreling toward the Metro, which is especially unfortunate because you’re meeting with your boss at 9:30. Just when you think your bloodstream has reached maximum [...]
When Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki won the cinematography Oscar for his work on “The Revenant” on Sunday night — his third consecutive in the category — he was tempted to make a joke in his speech. “I wanted to say, ‘To my family and friends: Lower your expectations.’ ” He’s only somewhat kidding. It’s the morning after [...]
The only thing that may be more compelling than the story itself is the way the author Susan Dominus captures the feelings of the 4 twins so poignantly and brings their emotions to life with so much clarity and passion. PART I The Beginning They were two pretty young women in search of pork [...]
A must read! In The Power of Broke, Daymond John takes an insightful look at individuals who’ve launched their own powerful brands and careers from a place of desperation, harnessing the “power of broke” to think creatively, alternatively, and aggressively in order to make a meaningful mark.
This article highlights the challenge of social media to affirm rather than inform our beliefs, and to segment and divide rather than unite in shared understanding. Recently, an important voice answered this question with a big “ yes.” That voice was Wael Ghonim, the Egyptian Google employee whose anonymous Facebook page helped to launch [...]
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Howard Thurman