A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Essays, Multi-media Presentations
Gonzalo Lira, “A Recap of the War in Ukraine” (Twitter, 26 April 2022) For those people confused by the sudden invasion of Russian forces into Ukraine…
Garrett Ryan, “Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and the Greek Myths” (Toldinstone, 21 August 2021) Part of a collaboration with NORTH 02, a YouTube channel dedicated to palaeontology and…
Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022) True to its title, this wacky science fiction / fantasy / philosophy film dips into…
Graham Phillips, “Exclusive Interview – Aiden Aslin – British Man Fighting for Ukraine, Captured in Donbass, Mariupol” (19 April 2022) Early in the Russian intervention in…
Aaron Maté, “U.S., EU sacrificing Ukraine to ‘weaken Russia’: fmr. NATO adviser” (The Grayzone Project, 15 April 2022) Here is an excellent interview by US journalist…
Jacques Baud, “The Military Situation in The Ukraine” (1 April 2022) In the wake of Russia’s demilitarisation / de-Nazification campaign in Ukraine that began on 24…
Garrett Ryan, “Why the Sparta you know never existed” (Toldinstone, 8 April 2022) Classical Sparta has long been perceived as not much more than a highly…
“Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety – Why are People so Afraid?” (Academy of Ideas, 3 April 2022) In itself, this is an interesting video…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech at Leaders of Russia management competition, Moscow (19 March 2022) In a perhaps unexpected venue – meeting with finalists of…
“Edward Dowd Explains Bombshell ‘Fraud’ Charge re Pfizer Hiding Deaths Data” (Daily Clout, 7 March 2022) Lionised in the 1990s as a leading spokeswoman in the…