Balloon Land: a fantasy fairy land where life is fragile, death is close by and a serial killer is on the rampage
Ub Iwerks, “Balloon Land” (1935) For sure this cartoon with the Hansel-and-Gretel morality fairy-tale plot
Blue Cat Blues: a Tom and Jerry cartoon comments on materialism, capitalist society and the class divide
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, “Blue Cat Blues” (1956) With dark themes of depression, substance abuse
Swing You Sinners! – horror morality story goes to extremes in imaginative animation
Dave Fleischer, “Swing You Sinners!” (1930) A bizarre little cartoon short, filled with the most
Latin American Films (Spanish language) | North American Films
The Grayzone meets Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro: meeting a determined, passionate yet humble leader
Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal, “The Grayzone meets Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro” (The Grayzone Project,
Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail: a pseudo-scientific project with sinister consequences
Tom Barbor-Might, “Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail” (2013) Of the mish-mash of strange and
Father Brown (Episode 29: The Truth in the Wine): reconciliation and forgiveness win the day
Ian Barber, “Father Brown (Episode 29: The Truth in the Wine)” (2015) Being laid up
Aniara: a disappointing critique of human society in a spaceship on a doomed voyage
Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja, “Aniara” (2018) An ambitious project to bring a poem by the
Northern European Films | Russian and Soviet Films
MH17 – Call for Justice: independent journalists’ investigation and findings create more questions than answers about the official investigation
Yana Yerlashova, “MH17 – Call for Justice” (Bonanza Media, July 2019) Five years after the
Hail Satan? – fun film about a Satanic movement with a serious message about social justice and religious hypocrisy and oppression
Penny Lane, “Hail Satan?” (2019) Funny and serious at the same time, tight and well
Global hi-tech as the handmaiden of the military and intelligence agencies in “The Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Know”
James Corbett, “The Corbett Report (Episode 359: The Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Big Tech