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.

Why Is There Anything At All?

Why Is There Anything At All?

Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story By: Jim Holt (W.W. Norton & Company, 2012) Jim ...
Locke

Locke

Directed by: Steven Knight Sometimes a movie’s makers take the chance to do something innovative in the ...
I Won’t Grow Up

I Won’t Grow Up

Scott, A.O. "The Death of Adulthood in American Culture" New York Times Magazine (September 11, ...
JoJo Rabbit

JoJo Rabbit

Directed by: Taiki Waititi. JoJo Rabbit is perhaps the strangest, most disconcerting of the nine nominees ...
Evangelicals Unreasonable?

Evangelicals Unreasonable?

Apostles of Reason By: Molly Worthen (Oxford University Press, 2016) There are at least three reasons why ...
A Separation

A Separation

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

The Reader

By: Bernhard Schlink (New York: Pantheon, 1997) Summary: “I wanted simultaneously to understand Hanna’s ...
Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Directed by: Benh Zeitlin Beasts of the Southern Wild is an example of what is happening in the Academy ...
The Master

The Master

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson The “R” rating of The Master is well-deserved. Filled with the sexual ...
The Descendants

The Descendants

Directed by: Alexander Payne In this year’s presentations of my annual lecture on the Academy Award ...
War Room

War Room

Directed by: Alex Kendrick I had begun to get so hopeful towards the efforts of Alex and Stephen Kendrick, ...
Spectre

Spectre

Directed by: Sam Mendes Autumn is the time of falling leaves, crisp air, football and Oscar ...