The Gate: elegant and polished sci-fi body horror critical of politics and neoliberal capitalism
Matt Westrup, “The Gate” (2011) Deriving its title from a couple of lines in the seventh chapter in the Book of Matthew in the Bible (“……
British Films
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
Interview of British Mercenary Aiden Aslin: profile of a foolish and naive young man involved in grave war crimes
Graham Phillips, “Exclusive Interview – Aiden Aslin – British Man Fighting for Ukraine, Captured in Donbass, Mariupol” (19 April 2022) Early in the Russian intervention in…
British Films, Eastern European Films
The horrors behind the beauty of a memorial site in “Europe’s Unknown Death Camp – Jasenovac – Croatia – WWII”
Graham Phillips, “Europe’s Unknown Death Camp – Jasenovac – Croatia – WWII” (22 April 2021) I had not known of the infamous World War II concentration…
Obstacles to the China Path in Latin America: a talk that fails to address the elephant north of Latin America
Paul Cockshott, “Obstacles to the China Path in Latin America” (19 December 2021) This video is a recording of a brief talk that UK economics academic…
Why Do So Many Still Buy Into The Narrative? – a talk on mass psychosis in Western societies under pandemic conditions
Dan Astin-Gregory, “Why Do So Many Still Buy Into The Narrative?” (Dan Astin-Gregory / Pandemic Podcast, 22 September 2021) Dan Astin-Gregory is an entrepreneur, strategist and…
Watership Down: exploring political freedom in the form of a foundation myth
Martin Rosen, John Hubley, “Watership Down” (1978) A vivid and beautifully presented tale, this British film portrays what might be a foundation myth of an imaginary…
Murder on the Orient Express (dir. Sidney Lumet): a pedestrian treatment of a murder mystery
Sidney Lumet, “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974) Initially beginning as a lavish drama set in an exotic 1930s Istanbul, Sidney Lumet’s “Murder on the Orient…
The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill: a real health emergency smeared with a fantasy plot and intrigue
John Blair, “The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill” (2021) Covering the incident in which Russian political / anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny collapsed in pain on a passenger…
British Films, North American Films
The World Is Not Enough: this film is just not enough
Michael Apted, “The World Is Not Enough” (1999) Sent to protect a wealthy oil heiress after her father is killed by explosives in money delivered to…
British Films, North American Films
Tomorrow Never Dies: satire on the power and influence of media trapped in a formula that never dies
Roger Spottiswoode, “Tomorrow Never Dies” (1997) The second of four films that Irish actor Pierce Brosnan starred in as British wonder spy James Bond for EON…