“Film Noir,” the last Center for Constructive Alternative lecture series of the year, explored a genre of film characterized by its bleak energy. Its impact on film and culture at large is more present than ever, according to professor R. Barton Palmer of Clemson University. “Film noir was not a self-conscious artistic movement,” Palmer said....
Hollywood will visit Hillsdale through the crime dramas of the 1940s and 1950s next week at the Center for Constructive Alternatives’ “Film Noir.” According to the CCA website, film noir is a genre with “a distinctive visual style, edgy themes, violent plots, and bleak urban settings.” The program will feature Alain Silver, director, producer, and...
If The Inklings CCA sparked a desire to learn more about the British literary geniuses of the twentieth century, look to The Marion E. Wade Center’s podcast. The Wade Center, part of Wheaton College, is a research hub, a reading library, and a museum dedicated to seven British Christian authors: C. S. Lewis, J. R....
The Inklings created some of the best-loved literature in the 20th century, and next week they’re coming to Hillsdale College as the subject of a CCA. The Inklings were an informal literary discussion group associated with J. R. R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. “Professor of History Bradley Birzer will introduce the program by talking about...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously said, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” But David P. Goldman, a speaker at Hillsdale’s Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture series “The Great Reset” said, “We aren’t nearly scared enough. I’m going to try to scare you as much as I can and hopefully provide the solution.”...