Culture/Arts

Maria Callas: The Voice of Passion

If you’ve stepped into a movie theater in the first quarter of 2025, you’ve likely seen one film everywhere: Maria.…

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A Timeless Cinematic Legend: Ben-Hur

Imagine a film that has it all: love, war, friendship, betrayal, faith, history—and on top of that, it’s one of…

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The Man Who Wrote the Book on Acting: Stanislavski

Do you remember the first time you watched your favorite TV show, movie, or stage play? That feeling of being…

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Kazuo Ishiguro: The British-Japanese Nobel Laureate Novelist

Born in Nagasaki, Japan, on November 8, 1954, Ishiguro moved to England with his family as a young child and…

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A Reading Guide: Stumbling on Happiness

We’re all chasing happiness, aren’t we? It’s the compass we use to navigate our lives—choosing our careers, our homes, our…

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Oscar Wilde: His Life and Works

Oscar Wilde, or as his full name goes, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, was born in Dublin on October 16,…

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A Reading Guide: Strangers to Ourselves

How well can we truly know ourselves? In our daily lives, we tend to assume that the decisions we make,…

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The Voice of Anatolia: Yaşar Kemal

For centuries, Turkish literature was dominated by stories set in grand mansions, revolving around the lives of the wealthy—tales that…

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A Theological Film Review: Life of Pi

Does a god exist, and if so, does it watch over us? What is a person's true friend, or the…

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Bildungsroman: Character Development and Learning in Literature

Shall we start by dusting off our memories and reliving some of our past experiences? Have you ever been moved…

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