Tag: mythology | Ploni Almoni

A Review of and Apologia for the New Noah Film

August 28, 2017April 27, 2014

Russell Crowe as the prophet Noah in Darren Aronofsky’s 2014 adaption of the biblical tale. “That was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.” “Yeah, it was absolutely horrendous.” That’s what I heard from a sweet elderly couple as I left the movie theater in Idaho Falls, Idaho after watching Darren Aronofsky’s new film Noah. … Read more

Die vier Weltalter; or, Schiller as Proto-Mormon

August 8, 2017January 16, 2014

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805). The Council of Gods (1518) by Raphael. Next to the immortal Goethe, Friedrich Schiller stands as the great German polymath of Weimar Classicism and the Sturm und Drang (conventionally translated as “storm and stress”) literary movement. Schiller’s works include dramas, poetry, histories, and philosophical essays. Schiller’s work has endured in popular culture, … Read more