A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Garrett Ryan, “A Historical Tour of Hagia Sophia” (Told in Stone, 2020 / 2021) Even as a short film, this video tour of Hagia Sophia /…
Carlton Meyer, “Treachery by US Army Generals in World War II” (Tales of the American Empire, 1 October 2021) While many people know that Japan dealt…
Garrett Ryan, “The Bombing of Pompeii, 1943” (Told in Stone, 25 September 2021) Not too many popular histories and documentaries on Pompeii and Herculaneum mention that…
James Bailey, “Caring Corrupted: The Killing Nurses of The Third Reich” (2017) A grim and horrifying film, all the more so for its clinical, matter-of-fact tone…
Garrett Ryan, “Drug Use in Ancient Greece and Rome” (Told in Stone, 17 September 2021) An intriguing little video, this episode in Garrett Ryan’s ongoing Told…
Carlton Meyer, “The Empire’s 2021 Coup in Guinea” (Tales of the American Empire, 17 September 2021) This video serves as another short and succinct example of…
“The Jimmy Dore Show: Interview with Robert Malone” (15 September 2021) For much of this 75-minute interview with US virologist / immunologist Robert Malone, the usually…
“Living in the Golden Age of Fact-Checking” (ReallyGraceful, July 2020) In an age awash with global news / information media disinformation, coupled with the increasing denigration…
Garrett Ryan, “The Lost Greek Cities of Central Asia” (Told in Stone, 4 September 2021) In light of current events in Afghanistan, with the Taliban reasserting…
Carlton Meyer, “The Chaotic Fall of Kabul in 2021” (Tales of the American Empire, 20 August 2021) Using past and current news videos of the US…