Kurt Keefner
Freedom and Chess: Playing The Queen's Gambit
Meet Beth Harmon. She is the Mozart of chess, but can she beat her demons?
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Kurt Keefner
- Oct 16, 2020
- 6 min
The Defects of His Virtues, The Virtues of His Defects
The paradoxical characters of Oskar Schindler, Howard Roark and Shakespeare's Brutus
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Kurt Keefner
- Sep 25, 2020
- 9 min
Lessons of The Godfather
These gangsters give you a lesson you can't refuse.
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Kurt Keefner
- Jul 17, 2020
- 7 min
North and South, An Industrial Synthesis
Strong-willed industrialist meets empathetic idealist in the 1800s. Can they bridge the gap?
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Kurt Keefner
- Jun 12, 2020
- 11 min
Brave New Us
Despite the differences we are tending in the direction of Huxley's hedonistic dystopia.
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Kurt Keefner
- May 15, 2020
- 9 min
The Bust of Caesar
Some characters are perfectly realized without being merely allegorical.
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Kurt Keefner
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Announcing Killing Cool
Essays on authenticity. And vampires. And hugs. And musicians.
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Kurt Keefner
- Mar 27, 2018
- 11 min
The Civil War Re-Imagined in Music
What contemporary songs can tell us about our epic conflict.
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Kurt Keefner
- Sep 22, 2017
- 6 min
The Goddess of Love Makes Heroes of Us All
Regarding the classic Bollywood video "Chaiyya, Chaiyya," and its erotic song and dance.
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Kurt Keefner
- Aug 14, 2017
- 5 min
Building Reason from Parts: The Flight of the Phoenix
A crash in the desert. A desperate plan. But can men with warring mentalities cooperate?
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Kurt Keefner
- Jul 28, 2017
- 6 min
Arguing About Dunkirk
Dunkirk was a great event in WWII. But Christopher Nolan's film has provoked arguments today.
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Kurt Keefner
- Jul 19, 2017
- 3 min
Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
Science, determination, womanhood--this film has them all.
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Kurt Keefner
- May 25, 2017
- 2 min
Emily Dickinson: A Quiet Passion
This movie proves that the life of someone who lives inwardly can be dramatized.
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Kurt Keefner
- Mar 25, 2017
- 15 min
Interview with Anti-Death Penalty Activist Richard D. Kimble, MD
An interview with former fugitive Dr Richard Kimble
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Kurt Keefner
- Feb 4, 2015
- 4 min
The Plot Against America
A story from an alternate history in which the fascist Charles Lindbergh becomes president.
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