John Powers is een scherpe observator van de popcultuur en een breed inzetbare criticus voor NPR's Fresh Air. Zijn schrijfwerk duikt in de kruising van film en politiek, en biedt scherpe inzichten in de hedendaagse samenleving. Het werk van Powers, verschenen in tal van vooraanstaande publicaties, biedt een doordachte analyse van culturele trends en hun bredere implicaties.
Navigating the unique culture of Boston is a central theme in this guide, which offers insights from a local's perspective. John Powers shares over fifty years of experience, highlighting the city's distinct customs, transportation, and culinary scene. Accompanied by lively illustrations from Peter Wallace, the book provides practical tips for visitors, such as understanding local slang and the city's geography. It captures the pride of Bostonians and reveals why Boston is often seen as a trendsetter in the U.S.
In 1972, filmmaker John Luther Schofill invited students Bill Brand and Louis Hock to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to join its new film department. Brand was eager to use the school's optical printer for creative transformations of his images through rephotography. However, upon arrival, he discovered that no printer existed; he was tasked with building one instead. Hock, needing financial support, joined Brand in this endeavor, working to convert a newly purchased Mauer camera and a heavy industrial lathe into a DIY optical printer. This initiative reflected a broader trend, as homemade optical printers were emerging at various schools, granting the first generation of experimental film students easier access to this technology. Within a decade, the optical printer became essential in MFA programs and filmmaker cooperatives, as integral to avant-garde practice as Bolex cameras and reversal stocks. The practice became routinized, a skill that filmmakers could acquire. P. Adams Sitney noted that just as rapid editing signified aesthetic authority in the early sixties, optical printing represented technical mastery in the seventies. This evolution highlights how technical sophistication became a key distinction in experimental filmmaking, embodying aesthetic, cultural, and philosophical values. What were these values, and where did they originate?
Taking a multi-dimensional view, this book synthesizes the main issues and dilemmas facing the economy of the future, seeks to frame the trade-offs in policy terms, while also advancing the discussion towards recommendations and solutions.
Obsáhlý výklad seznamuje s indickou náboženskou tradicí, tibetskými dějinami a kulturou. Tím se postupně dostává k tibetskému buddhismu samotnému, rozebírá tantrické učení, smrt a umírání, a na konci podrobně popisuje jednotlivé řády.
Lucid and economical, this introductory text delivers a brisk, fast-moving survey of Tibetan Buddhism. For many years Powers's nearly 600-page Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism has served as the field's most authoritative and comprehensive overview of Tibet's distinctive Buddhist tradition. A Concise Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism explains the core Buddhist doctrines and the practices of meditation and tantra and provides a survey of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
The National Society of Film Critics Sound Off on the Hottest Movie Controversies
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A collection of essays on the most hotly debated films features discussions on Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, the ratings war, and the war of the sexes by such critics as Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, and Terrence Rafferty. Original.
