Two Prosecutors: portraying 1930s Soviet society as repressive, stifling and absurdist
Sergei Loznitsa, “Two Prosecutors” (2025) An earnest historical drama, based on a short novel by
Tag: Propaganda Films
Films made with an obvious bias to serve a larger agenda or to mitigate a controversial topic and make it safe for general public consumption.
Logan’s Run: a flawed film with intriguing questions about the social contract
Michael Anderson, “Logan’s Run” (1976) Admittedly this film has not aged well over the past
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Die Another Day: overloaded plot, silly science fantasy and variable acting turn early darkness into cartoon frivolity
Lee Tamahori, “Die Another Day” (2002) For the twentieth movie in a film franchise celebrating
The Miseducation of Cameron Post: a sketchy work on psychological abuse and repression in a gay conversion centre
Desiree Akhavan, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (2018) Set in 1993, this coming-of-age drama follows
Pelosi’s Power: a glowing hagiography with nothing significant to say
Michael Kirk, “Pelosi’s Power” (2022) Purporting to be an examination of the career and legacy
House of Maxwell (Episode 3): vague and confused end to a dishonest series
Daniel Vernon, “House of Maxwell (Episode 3)” (2022) Finally we reach the third and last
House of Maxwell (Episode 2): pension fund scandal not treated with the importance deserved
Daniel Vernon, “House of Maxwell (Episode 2)” (2022) As with the opening episode of this
House of Maxwell (Episode 1): a bad start to a series on Robert and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes
Daniel Vernon, “House of Maxwell (Episode 1)” (2022) First in a three-part series purporting to
The Manufacturing of a Mass Psychosis – Can Sanity Return to an Insane World?: how the insanity begins and how it can be cured
“The Manufacturing of a Mass Psychosis – Can Sanity Return to an Insane World?” (Academy
The Mass Psychosis and the Demons of Dostoevsky: how ideas and ideologies lay the groundwork for mass psychosis and control
“The Mass Psychosis and the Demons of Dostoevsky” (Academy of Ideas, 31 March 2021) Drawing