Tag: Arts & Tradition

Becky Sharp (1935)

Against the backdrop of Napoleon’s Waterloo campaign, an ambitious woman from a family of entertainers begins a destructive climb up the social ladder. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…


LIVE Aug. 28, 10 AM ET: 2022 NTD International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition

NTD’s 7th International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition is set to take place in Middletown, New York, from Aug. 25 to Aug. 28. The competition aims to revive traditional Chinese martial arts and display its true values to the world, as part of a series of international culture and arts events organized by NTD Television…


PROGRAMMING ALERT: 2022 NTD International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition

NTD’s 7th International Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Competition is set to take place in Middletown, New York, from Aug. 25 to Aug. 28. The competition aims to revive traditional Chinese martial arts and display its true values to the world, as part of a series of international culture and arts events organized by NTD Television…


The Church and Convent of São Francisco: A Blend of Portuguese and Brazilian Artistry

Some of Brazil’s most beautiful churches are located in the colorful, historic city of Salvador, in the state of Bahia. Among them, one stands out: The church and convent of São Francisco (St. Francis) is a magnificent representation of both Portuguese and Brazilian artistry from the 18th century. The initial convent and church were built…


Gabby Goes Fishing (1941)

Gabby teaches a young boy how to fish, even though the boy was doing much better without him. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media:…


Popeye: Insect to Injury (1956)

Popeye tries to get rid of termites before they ruin his newly built house. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV…


The Force of a Thought: Rodin Brings the Poet Dante to Life in ‘The Thinker’

Few works of art are as known today as “The Thinker” by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The monumental nature of this single monolithic figure seems to be all self-sufficient, capable of symbolizing the most sophisticated of human activity—thinking. It’s no wonder that this image, ever since its rise to popularity in 1903, has been most…


Came to Supper (1942)

Elmer Fudd and his dogs are hunting for Bugs Bunny in the woods. As Fudd is about to shoot Bugs, he receives a telegram telling him that his uncle is leaving him $3 million on the condition he doesn’t harm any animals. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content:…


Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)

Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve. Rudolph is enlisted to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the…


Before Movies, People Went to See Moving Paintings

Six rolls of vibrant, exotic-style wallpaper totaling 190 feet, 3 1/2  inches once wowed 19th-century Europeans, but not as wallpaper. When the Rijks Museum’s curators began searching their collections of large works on paper for the museum’s “XXL Paper—Big, Bigger, Biggest!” exhibition, they discovered that those six rolls were part of one work of moving images, titled the…