http://www.cardus.ca/contributors/gveltman en Copyright 2012 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:51:07 -0400 Cardus Thu, 24 May 2012 10:51:07 -0400 http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2695/ How much of our view of "the good life" comes from the films we watch?... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 How much of our view of "the good life" comes from the films we watch?... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/2196/ Two great films in theatres this summer have helped me consider questions of moving, value, and place.... Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Two great films in theatres this summer have helped me consider questions of moving, value, and place.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1514/ "Home" is tragically precarious and fragile, and is not easily sustained. Recent albums, books and films all share the same line of questioning: where is it?... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 "Home" is tragically precarious and fragile, and is not easily sustained. Recent albums, books and films all share the same line of questioning: where is it?... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1302/ Dispelling education's simple narrative, and venturing into perspective, suffering, fragility and love.... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Dispelling education's simple narrative, and venturing into perspective, suffering, fragility and love.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1190/ Superficial love might provide a temporary high, but to understand a deeper kind of love, we need films that are courageous enough to challenge our assumptions about love without dashing our hope.... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Superficial love might provide a temporary high, but to understand a deeper kind of love, we need films that are courageous enough to challenge our assumptions about love without dashing our hope.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/1098/ It's not the plot that surprises in the latest Star Trek film, but rather the more complicated characters than the simple archetypes of the franchise's early years.... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 It's not the plot that surprises in the latest Star Trek film, but rather the more complicated characters than the simple archetypes of the franchise's early years.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/950/ I challenge future teachers by having them read texts and watch films that complicate their assumptions—hoping that they will avoid both reserved cynicism and naive optimism.... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 I challenge future teachers by having them read texts and watch films that complicate their assumptions—hoping that they will avoid both reserved cynicism and naive optimism.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/905/ Humans are aesthetic creatures. We take in experience, time and space, through our senses. We then must use discernment to understand the qualities and meanings of those experiences. This means that w... Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Humans are aesthetic creatures. We take in experience, time and space, through our senses. We then must use discernment to understand the qualities and meanings of those experiences. This means that w... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/733/ What is the proper response to evil? Can we trust our own perception? How do we come to trust others? Can injustice ever be reconciled? Two films that open space for a morally complex conversation.... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 What is the proper response to evil? Can we trust our own perception? How do we come to trust others? Can injustice ever be reconciled? Two films that open space for a morally complex conversation.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/62/ We asked Comment contributors to send us very short statements of practical wisdom that they use and are willing to stand by, based on their own experience or oral traditions in their communities.... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 We asked Comment contributors to send us very short statements of practical wisdom that they use and are willing to stand by, based on their own experience or oral traditions in their communities.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/48/ It is refreshing to enter a story about being responsible for what seems like the simple things.... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 It is refreshing to enter a story about being responsible for what seems like the simple things.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/32/ Snow Angels provides an artful and honest picture of how we hope and lose hope for redemption when we cannot find anything to hang on to but ourselves.... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Snow Angels provides an artful and honest picture of how we hope and lose hope for redemption when we cannot find anything to hang on to but ourselves.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/875/ Watching films is, for most of us, more passive than it should be.... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Watching films is, for most of us, more passive than it should be.... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/928/ In the September 16 2007 Boston Globe, Anthony Kronman—the Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University—writes, "In a shift of historic importance, America's college and universities have ... Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 In the September 16 2007 Boston Globe, Anthony Kronman—the Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University—writes, "In a shift of historic importance, America's college and universities have ... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/930/ We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say—and to feel—"Yes, that is the way it... Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400 We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say—and to feel—"Yes, that is the way it... http://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/332/ col·lege ('kä-lij) n. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin collegium, association. The students, faculty, and administration of such a school or institution. A society of scholars for st... Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 col·lege ('kä-lij) n. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin collegium, association. The students, faculty, and administration of such a school or institution. A society of scholars for st...