Stephen Benedict Dyson“The Radiance of a Thousand Suns” - An Introduction to “Sunshine.”In the final years of the Second World War, humanity’s best-and-brightest scientists gathered in the United States to race toward…Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2018
Stephen Benedict DysonHumanities House Fall 2018 Film Series # 1: Children of MenAlfonso Cuaron’s “Children of Men” is the first selection for the Fall 2018 Humanities House film series.Sep 3, 2018Sep 3, 2018
Stephen Benedict DysonBlade Runner — Artificial Intelligence Film Series # 3Blade Runner, a 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott, imagines a grimy, polluted Los Angeles of the future.Mar 18, 2018Mar 18, 2018
Stephen Benedict Dyson2001: A Space Odyssey — Artificial Intelligence Film Series # 1.Offering a reading of 2001: A Space Odyssey is an act of such hubris that I think it better to say very little, other than to briefly set…Feb 8, 2018Feb 8, 2018
Stephen Benedict DysonDunkirk — Christopher Nolan Film Season # 3In May 1940, trapped with their backs to the sea at the French port of Dunkirk, 400,000 British soldiers face a choice between surrender…Jan 19, 2018Jan 19, 2018
Stephen Benedict DysonWays of Seeing.What does it mean to develop “Ways of Seeing”?Jan 10, 2018Jan 10, 2018
Stephen Benedict DysonInterstellar — Christopher Nolan Film Season # 2“We used to look up and wonder at our place in the stars,” says Matthew McConaughey’s space pilot Cooper, the protagonist of Interstellar…Oct 3, 2017Oct 3, 2017
Stephen Benedict DysonInception — Christopher Nolan Film Season # 1“All of my films are connected,” says Christopher Nolan, the director and screenwriter of Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk, our…Sep 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017
Stephen Benedict DysonStar Trek Beyond OkayStar Trek Beyond starts brilliantly and ends well. It reconnects the new movies to the themes of the old series. It looks beautiful. But…Jul 22, 2016Jul 22, 2016
Stephen Benedict DysonThis one scene explains the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek.Stealing the Enterprise vs. Stealing a TIE fighter.Jan 8, 20162Jan 8, 20162