A good ending can make or break a work of art. Here are four that blew my mind.

Think that the only worthwhile thing that George Lucas ever gave us was Star Wars? Think again.

It wasn't just one mind that birthed that classic movie scene.

A debut of Ian MacKenzie's film Sacred Economics on the work of Charles Eisenstein, plus a Q&A with the filmmaker. 

In Alberta, the hobbits are creating Mordor instead of destroying it.

A look at Jason Bourne as a metaphor for the contepmorary male condition. 

A look at what music has to say about biology & machines.

An interview with filmmaker Xan Aranda about her music documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year.

A shorter version of my essay Women Vs. Women, exploring how in the lives of women, the leading roles are played by other women.

Beneath the radar of men's awareness, women conduct emotional boxing matches with each other.

And what does this say about the human condition?

A look at Chicago based musician Andrew Bird: violinist, guitarist, singer, whistler, loop pedal magician and subject of the new concert documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year.

Some works of art lay everything out for you. Some acknowledge the audience, and pull them out of their chairs, into the arena.

Watching a terrible movie in solitude is excruciating. Watching it in a full theatre is a hoot. Why? 

Living in the information age has most of us doing mental juggling routines as a matter of course. Are we more distracted and fragmented? Or is this good exercise for us? 

Why does the hero need to be pushed to the point of near defeat for the victory to mean so much?

This is a brief whooping up for Terence Malick's movie The Tree of Life. It left me smitten. Dazed. Wondrous.

Dr. Gabor Mate leads shamanic healing retreats twice a year, in which participants ingest the Peruvian plant medicine ayahuasca. 

What do mutants have to teach us about the creation of humanity community? 

Star Wars is about George Lucas. He used to be Luke Skywalker. Now he's Darth Vader.