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.

Marriage Story

Marriage Story

Directed by:  Noah Baumbach Marriage Story is the powerful, but flawed, telling of a marriage falling apart ...
What College Presidents Thing

What College Presidents Thing

Fischer, Karin "Crisis of Confidence Threatens Colleges" The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 15, ...
Do We Really Care About Our Future?

Do We Really Care About Our Future?

Appiah, Kwame Anthony "What will future generations condemn us for?" The Washington Post (September 26, ...
Moneyball

Moneyball

Directed by: Bennett Miller Billy Beane was a “can’t miss” prospect, who in fact missed badly in his ...
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Directed by: Tom Hooper Very few people I know in the English speaking West know nothing of Les Misérables, ...
Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

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

Contagion

Directed by: Scott Z. Burns Contagion reflects the values of a prevalent segment of our society: those ...
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Paramount Pictures, 1981; Directed by Steven Spielberg; Written by Lawrence Kasdan; Starring Harrison Ford and ...
Cashing In On Big Ideas

Cashing In On Big Ideas

Poe, Marshall "Meme Weaver: The Author Tries—and Fails—to Cash in on a Big Idea" The Atlantic Monthly (October ...
Lincoln

Lincoln

Directed by: Steven Spielberg Lincoln is a Steven Spielberg production documenting the last months of our ...
The Iliad

The Iliad

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

Max

Directecd by: Boaz Yakin In one of my favorite films, The Shawshank Redemption, there is a scene in which ...
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