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Kurt Keefner
Dec 5, 20209 min read
Freedom and Chess: Playing The Queen's Gambit
Meet Beth Harmon. She is the Mozart of chess, but can she beat her demons?
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Kurt Keefner
Oct 16, 20207 min read
The Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His Defects
The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
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Kurt Keefner
Sep 25, 20209 min read
Lessons of The Godfather
These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.
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Kurt Keefner
Jul 17, 20207 min read
North and South, An Industrial Synthesis
Strong-willed industrialist meets empathetic idealist in the 1800s. Can they bridge the gap?
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Kurt Keefner
Jun 12, 202011 min read
Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
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Kurt Keefner
May 15, 20209 min read
The Bust of Caesar
Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
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Kurt Keefner
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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Kurt Keefner
Mar 27, 201811 min read
The Civil War Re-Imagined in Music
What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.
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Kurt Keefner
Sep 22, 20176 min read
The Goddess of Love Makes Heroes of Us All
Regarding the classic Bollywood video "Chaiyya, Chaiyya," and its erotic song and dance.
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Kurt Keefner
Aug 14, 20175 min read
Building Reason from Parts: The Flight of the Phoenix
A crash in the desert. A desperate plan. But can men with warring mentalities cooperate?
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Kurt Keefner
Jul 28, 20176 min read
Arguing About Dunkirk
Dunkirk was a great event in WWII. But Christopher Nolan's film has provoked arguments today.
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Kurt Keefner
Jul 19, 20173 min read
Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
Science, determination, womanhood--this film has them all.
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Kurt Keefner
Mar 25, 201715 min read
Interview with Anti-Death Penalty Activist Richard D. Kimble, MD
An interview with former fugitive Dr Richard Kimble
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Kurt Keefner
Feb 3, 20154 min read
The Plot Against America
A story from an alternate history in which the fascist Charles Lindbergh becomes president.
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Kurt Keefner
Jan 19, 20153 min read
The Pretender Goes to the Movies
Charming, vivid, larger than life--but not authentic. The Pretender goes to the movies.
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