Resources for July 14, 2014

Berkerts, Sven, et al. "Revisiting David Foster Wallace’s Boston." Open Source (June 26, 2014)

"In Depth with Reza Aslan." C-SPAN (July 6, 2014) ["Reza Aslan responded to viewer questions and comments on topics such as Islamic fundamentalism, the war on terror, and instability in the Middle East. He is the author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization, and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. "}


The Center for Constitutional Rights: “The history of the Japanese internment, and the ensuing apologies and atonement of each branch of the U.S. government, provide twin lessons. First, infringement of rights on the basis of class membership—race in the World War II era, and religion in this case—is not only inherently injurious but can and does produce injury. Second, a proffered military or police exigency, no matter how great, must be subjected to the strictest of scrutiny on the merits rather than accepted at the threshold as the basis for dismissal of an equal protection claim.” Amicus brief by descendants of Japanese Americans who were subject to internment during World War II, arguing that the Court of Appeals should reverse the district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit, brought by Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights, challenging the blanket surveillance of American Muslims in New Jersey by the NYPD."


Risselada, Brian, Josh Ryan and Max Slobodin. "Shane Carruth." Syndromes and a Cinema #6 (December 8, 2013) ["the films of Shane Carruth, an American director who also wrote, produced, edited, composed the score for, and acted in both of his two films Primer (2004) and Upstream Color (2013)."]

Top Films of 1981

Kuersten, Erich. "CinemArchetype #7: The Shadow." Acidemic (March 8, 2012)

Ventura, Elbert. "State of the Union: Nebraska." Reverse Shot #33 (2013)

Flow: For the Love of Water (USA: Irena Salina, 2008: 93 mins)

Smalley, G. "Antichrist 2009." 366 Weird Movies (December 15, 2010)

Ma, Aliza. "Histories of Violence: A Touch of Sin." Reverse Shot #33 (2013)