This wonderfully entertaining dance documentary tells the extraordinary story of how Irish dance developed over centuries from a traditional peasant dance to a form that has taken the world by storm and is enjoyed by tens of millions. The film shows how Irish dance has both been influenced by and influenced the dance of many cultures and how it developed as an expression of res...
Pearl Harbor: The Heroes Who Fought Back tells the stories of the men that went above and beyond the call of duty. The attack at Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II, but it is also remembered for the many scenes of heroism and self-sacrifice that played out as sailors, airmen and civilians stepped up and fought back.
100年前的1922年2月2日，詹姆斯·乔伊斯历时7年完成的长篇小说《尤利西斯》几经周折之后，在当时还名不见经传的巴黎莎士比亚书店出版了单行本。7年间乔伊斯颠沛流离，家境困难，而终于问世的这部著作，对之后100年间的文学和文化都产生深远影响，可以说，没有任何一部20世纪的小说能与《尤利西斯》的影响力相媲美。
尽管乔伊斯的史诗被誉为意识流小说的代表作，是现代主义的杰作和文学表达的革命，直接激励了建筑大师艾琳·格雷、电影导演谢尔盖·爱森斯坦、摄影与雕塑大师曼·雷、音乐创作者鲍勃·迪伦等不同领域的创作者的灵感，然而这本书最初却在美国和英国被禁，并长期在爱尔兰受到抵制。乔伊斯被指向爱尔兰天主教会开战，背弃了自己祖国的人民，无视爱尔兰为独立而进行的长期斗争——就在1922年《尤利西斯》出版前仅几周，这一运动随着爱尔兰自由邦的建立而达到高潮。
然而今天，乔伊斯和...
