A poignant drama about the universal appeal of violence in our psyches and in cultures around the globe.
Category Archives: Spirituality
DVD Feature Film Review: The Hour
A rich six-hour smorgasbord of espionage, politics, television news, and sexual politics.
DVD Documentary Film Review: Dust
A fascinating and universally accessible documentary on dust.
Book Excerpt: Natural Wakefulness
Gayland Ferguson's recommendation of daily mindfulness to our inner and outer states of being.
Book Excerpt: The Tibetan Book of Meditation
Lama Christie McNally's commentary on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of doing every single small action in your life for others.
DVD Feature Film Review: The Beaver
A quirky but emotionally affecting drama about depression, beaver medicine, and the miracles of love and transformation.
DVD Documentary Film Review: POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
A zany and thought-provoking documentary about the omnipresence of advertising in our lives and the large role of product placement in movies
DVD Feature Film Review: Bridesmaids
The most hilarious comedy of the year with a sensational performance by Kristen Wiig as a vulnerable and stressed-out woman who loses it during the preparations for her best friend's wedding.
DVD Feature Film Review: Little Sparrows
A powerful film about a dying mother who gifts her daughters with advice as a form of ethical will.
Feature Film Review: Dolphin Tale
A heart-affecting drama about the loving relationship between a lonely and alienated boy and a badly injured dolphin and the community that supports them.
Feature Film Review: Puncture
An ethically-charged courtroom drama about a David vs. Goliath battle.
Feature Film Review: Moneyball
A thinking person's sports flick about the impact of the maverick Oakland Athletics General Manager on the game of baseball.
Documentary Film Review: Journey From Zanskar
An extraordinary documentary about an educational project instituted by two Tibetan Buddhist monks who want to enrich the lives of 17 impoverished children from their region.
Feature Film Review: Toast
A poignant English coming-of-age drama about a stubborn and angry boy and the stepmother he can't abide.
DVD Feature Film Review: Dumbo
A 1941 Disney animated feature about a harassed little elephant with big ears and his friendship with an imaginative mouse.
Book Excerpt: The Way of Beauty
Francois Cheng on Chinese paintings as possessing a beauty in which nature is contemplated as the soul's landscape.
Book Review: What If Your Best Friend Were Blue?
A special children's book that teaches that it doesn't matter what color you are because everyone has something unique to share with the world.
Book Review: When I Woke Up I Was A Hippopotamus
A clever and entertaining children's book about the emotional mood swings of a little boy during one day.
Book Excerpt: A Lever and a Place to Stand
Richard Rohr on how contemplation can make moments where all can be a prayer.
Book Excerpt: The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse
Debbie Ford with practices and rituals to unlock your deepest yearnings.