Resources

We invite you to browse the Consortium’s collection of resources on articles, books and movies, as well as the discussion guides designed to spark discussion among students and others.

The Iliad

The Iliad

By: Homer trans. Robert Fagles (London: Penguin Classics, 1998) Summary: Homer, the ancient blind bard, ...
Clarity and Cults

Clarity and Cults

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief By: Lawrence Wright (Vintage, 2013) Lawrence ...
The End of the Tour

The End of the Tour

Directed by: James Ponsoldt Talky movies are never big box office. The famous cult classic My Dinner with ...
The Descendants

The Descendants

Directed by: Alexander Payne In this year’s presentations of my annual lecture on the Academy Award ...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

McClay, Wilfrid M. “On the Need for Erasure”, The Hedgehog Review, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Spring, 2015) In this brief ...
The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino I won’t say much about The Hateful Eight for a number of reasons. Anyone who ...
Vain Repetition?

Vain Repetition?

Watson, Micah "Neo Vs. The Karate Kid, 'Public Discourse: Ethics, Law and the Public Good'" Public Discourse (May ...
How Did the Modern World Come To Be?

How Did the Modern World Come To Be?

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern By: Stephen Greenblatt (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, ...
Locke

Locke

Directed by: Steven Knight Sometimes a movie’s makers take the chance to do something innovative in the ...
Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

Directed by: Woody Allen The question has been around for centuries: of all the times in human history, ...
Life of Pi

Life of Pi

Directed by: Ang Lee “Is it possible that there are no coincidences?” Mel Gibson’s character, a former ...
World Gone Wrong

World Gone Wrong

The Hunger Games By: Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press, 2008) In her trilogy The Hunger Games Suzanne ...