Beneath the radar of men's awareness, women conduct emotional boxing matches with each other.

And what does this say about the human condition?

A look at Chicago based musician Andrew Bird: violinist, guitarist, singer, whistler, loop pedal magician and subject of the new concert documentary Andrew Bird: Fever Year.

Some works of art lay everything out for you. Some acknowledge the audience, and pull them out of their chairs, into the arena.

Watching a terrible movie in solitude is excruciating. Watching it in a full theatre is a hoot. Why? 

Living in the information age has most of us doing mental juggling routines as a matter of course. Are we more distracted and fragmented? Or is this good exercise for us? 

Why does the hero need to be pushed to the point of near defeat for the victory to mean so much?

This is a brief whooping up for Terence Malick's movie The Tree of Life. It left me smitten. Dazed. Wondrous.

Dr. Gabor Mate leads shamanic healing retreats twice a year, in which participants ingest the Peruvian plant medicine ayahuasca. 

What do mutants have to teach us about the creation of humanity community?