A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Is a Mass Psychosis the Greatest Threat to Humanity? (Academy of Ideas, 27 February 2021) Academy of Ideas is a Canadian-based website that explores and explains…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Joshua Krook, “The Philosophy of Byung-Chul Han” (28 February 2021) In his theory on mass formation psychosis, Belgian clinical psychologist Dr Mattias Desmet identified four features…
Garrett Ryan, “Public Latrines in Ancient Rome” (Toldinstone, 15 December 2021) In the space of seven minutes (as twenty seconds are devoted to the mention of…
Carlton Meyer, “The Disastrous Liberation of the Philippines” (Tales of the American Empire, 10 December 2021) In this short documentary, military historian Carlton Meyer makes his…
Dr Garrett Ryan, “A Murder Mystery in Roman Egypt” (Told In Stone, 24 November 2021) This entertaining little documentary is actually less a whodunnit tale and…
Carlton Meyer, “The 1964 Coup in Brazil” (Tales of the American Empire, 12 November 2021) This instalment in Meyer’s ongoing series investigating the long history of…
Carlton Meyer, “The Destruction of Laos” (Tales of the American Empire, 15 October 2021) Many people know that the Vietnam War dragged Cambodia into its horrors…
Amudhan R P, “A Day in the Life of an Untouchable Sweeper” (2003) Known as “manual scavenging”, manually cleaning public and private toilets, open drains and…
Garrett Ryan, “Mren Cathedral and the Last World War of Antiquity” (Toldinstone, 2018) Part of a series about ten Roman / Byzantine-era buildings built in the…
Garrett Ryan, “A Historical Tour of Hagia Sophia” (Told in Stone, 2020 / 2021) Even as a short film, this video tour of Hagia Sophia /…