Beyond the omnipresent pandemic, the truth is that 2020 has been a very fertile year when it comes to spiritual cinema. In the last 12 months we have seen the release of a good handful of good and profound films that deal with spiritual or existential themes, such as Ether, Jordi’s lyrics or others listed … Read more
In the history of cinema there are films that speak directly of religious subjects, but there are others that, although apparently they do not speak, raise spiritual questions of the firstorder. Many directors have been able to penetrate this transcendent dimension of reality and of the human being with the camera. The Russian director Andréi … Read more
The term “spiritual” is one of those words which, although it had a deep meaning in the early days of Christianity and in all the great epochs of the history of the Church, sometimes loses its richness and dilutes in superficial meanings, or turns into a synonym of purely negative expressions – such as “incorporeal, … Read more
By discovering “spiritual leadership”, one might have expected a form of leadership based on humour, self-mockery and the third degree. In fact, it’s not funny at all. This matter is very serious. And if we laugh, it is in despair. Journey to the heart of the New Age and quantum applied to leadership. We had … Read more
When the founding president of TOBAM, Yves Choueifaty, launches “I did not identify Satoshi Nakamoto, but I identified his two fathers”I don’t expect him to tell me about a Franciscan monk of the early XIVe century named after William of Ockham. The book he hands me next, For true currency competition by Friedrich August von … Read more
We have at our doors a handful of titles that will keep spiritual cinema alive on billboards Drive My Car (2021) by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Long-awaited premiere of an essential film that received the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), an acclaimed actor and theater director, experiences a painful … Read more
“Who hasn’t ever received a horoscope on Whatsapp? Did they never predict that singular dimension of destiny explained by astral movement?” a rationalist colleague asked me when I mentioned that he was writing about digital astrology. I spent some time thinking about it. I did not remember any such episode, although —I confess— I am … Read more
► Our Lady of the Hermitage Located in a valley surrounded by forests, on the heights of Noirétable (Loire), at an altitude of 1,110 m stands the sanctuary of Notre-Dame de l’Hermitage. According to tradition, the Virgin would have appeared to a hermit near the sanctuary, and a spring would have sprung up below the … Read more
AA/Manouba (Tunisia)/ Hend Abdessamad The smell of “Bkhour”, this Tunisian incense in perfumed grains, is felt in the four corners of the religious building of Sidi Ali Hattab, in the plain of Mornaguia, located in the governorate of Manouba (north-western suburb of Tunisia). A rather special atmosphere certainly, but as they say: The real ones … Read more
This Friday, June 10, 2022 was released The Quarry. Published by 2K and developed by Supermassive Games, The Quarry is a narrative horror game halfway between a movie and a video game. Controller in hand, you will therefore have to help the characters to make decisions, good or bad, while taking part in generally decisive … Read more