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FlixChatter Review: THE GLASSWORKER – Pakistan’s gorgeous, Ghibli-inspired first hand-drawn animated feature

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I learned recently that Latvia’s Oscar-winning movie Flow wasn't the only animated movie sent to the Oscars last year. Pakistan also put forward an animated feature, marking the first from their country, as their official entry for the international feature film category. Interestingly, just like Flow, The Glassworker is also a debut feature, directed by …

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Easter Special: Reflecting on the themes of self-sacrifice in The Lord of the Rings trilogy

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It's Easter Sunday tomorrow (or it is already in the Southern Hemisphere). When I attended a Good Friday service, the church orchestra played an instrumental piece during the reading of Mark 15:21-41 about Lord Jesus Christ's crucifixion. It's a fitting song to reflect on Christ's ultimate sacrifice. The sacrifice was not just when he died …

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