Decoding media myth-making

Interview with Gaetano Maida of Buddhist Film Foundation

Master Empty Cloud, or Xu Yun (虚雲), was born in Fujian Province in southern China during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), on 26 August 1840. This was the time of the first Opium War, when Hong Kong

Since its creation in 2000, the Buddhist Film Foundation (BFF) has been a cornerstone for Buddhist-themed cinema. The foundation strives to uphold Buddhism in film, and archive and promote new and upc

In my search for people to help me with my research, it has been my lucky destiny to have come across one such influential person in my life. Hoh Foo Kong, a retired school teacher from Malaysia, intr

Good filmmaking provides immersion in illusion. When we sit down for what is usually more than an hour to stare at a screen, we need the film to convince and effectively trick us into believing we are

  To meet the man named Vello Väärtnõu is to encounter a personal force with a steady burn of passion and strong sense of mission and duty to his religious calling. In decades

Our review of the film Crazy Wisdom!

Shugendo Now: Is this title a demand, a request, or a compassionate plea for a reevaluation of societal values?   It is a boldly declarative title and one that, from the opening credits, sets an

It has been literally years since I watched a documentary and thought it was objectively good (liking it or disliking it is a subjective thing), because too often documentaries about the humanities li

Amsterdam's red light district and apparent openness to brownies, liberal sex and hemp are a self-parody. They are a conscious joke (albeit an economically beneficial one) by the city’s tourism

“I find television to be very educating.  Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book.” – Groucho Marx   Reading is the most timeless of all the methods of intellect

By ZEN T.C. ZHENG Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle Footage of a lush, idyllic landscape from the Indian-Nepal border region quickly morphs into hand-drawn animation of a woman dreaming of a white ele