Pieces of Work: Favorite Fictional Characters
"What a piece of work is man..."
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Film Fiction Theatre Music Poetry"What a piece of work is man..."
Paul, Apostle of Christ, 2018. Directed by Andrew Hyatt.
The fiction of British-Maltese writer Fiorella De Maria depicts women in fierce struggle with the forces which undermine human dignity: yet they illustrate that God is not in the storm. He is in the silence, where we can hear Him, and furthermore, hear ourselves think. Above all, He is the safe harbor from which we are launched into a great, though sometimes painful adventure.
Lady Bird, 2018. Directed by Greta Gerwig.
Lighthouse of the Orcas (Lo Faro de las Orcas), 2017. Directed by Gerardo Olivares.
Clare Kipps, Sold for a Farthing (Frederick Muller, 1953).
Dunkirk, 2017. Directed by Christopher Nolan.
Wonder Woman, 2017. Directed by Patty Jenkins.
Logan, 2017. Directed by James Mangold
Looking back is a notoriously tricky business. Memories can entrap us, or themselves become distorted in our attempts to curate the past. In many ways, Kazuo Ishiguro's oeuvre is a study of human memory—falsified, true and otherwise. Writer Michalina Ratajczak traces the theme as it is woven into three of his novels, including his most recent, The Buried Giant.