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.

Life, the Universe and Everything

Life, the Universe and Everything

Beauty for Truth’s Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education By: Stratford Caldecott (Brazos Press, ...
Locke

Locke

Directed by: Steven Knight Sometimes a movie’s makers take the chance to do something innovative in the ...
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation

By: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, trans. Thomas P. Whitney & Harry Willets (New York: Harper Perennial Modern ...
Birdman

Birdman

Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu Alejandro Iñárritu does not make movies about ...
A Separation

A Separation

Directed by: Asghar Farhadi The Islamic Republic of Iran may be as distant politically from the United ...
East of Eden

East of Eden

By: John Steinbeck (New York: Viking Press, 1952) Summary: Steinbeck, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the ...
Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Directed by: Mark Romanek In a year in which Scarlett Johansson has made no less than three movies where ...
Room

Room

Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson The American movie industry is full swing into awards season, and one of the ...
Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland

Directed by: Brad Bird Sadly, Tomorrowland was as disappointing as most critics said it was. Many things ...
The Social Network

The Social Network

Directed by: David Fincher “The Social Network”, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, is ...
The Iliad

The Iliad

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

The Shawshank Redemption

Columbia Pictures, 1994; Directed by Frank Darabont; Starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, & Bob Gunton; ...