“I don’t know what to say really”. The legendary Any Given Sunday speech, the ultra-famous pep talk given by coach Tony D’Amato to his team before a crucial match, begins in a way you wouldn’t…
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PERMA, acronym for: Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment. According to psychologist Martin Seligman – exponent of positive psychology – these are the ingredients of well-being. What’s the relevance of this psychological issue, and of…
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Complexity is stimulating. It invites the audience to sharpen their attention and focus on the details of the story. When it comes to character motivation, complexity can also be thought provoking – it questions viewers’…
My favorite moment in The Big Short is when Mark Baum (Steve Carell) forces Georgia, a Standard & Poor’s analyst, to admit that the agency has been assigning its clients false positive ratings, fearing that…
Shadowlands, Gladiator, the adaptation of Les Misérables, are few of Nicholson’s scripts. William Nicholson is an insanely talented screenwriter, playwright and novelist… As if this wasn’t enough, he is also a great lecturer, witty and…
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