“Disconnected” is a mini-Lord of the Flies for a society ever dependent on technology for survival and communication. It is also, in a sense, a remake of the children’s story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” from the villager’s perspective. It’s a high-concept film that shouldn’t be able to be made on less than someone would spend on a cellphone every month.
Category: Movies
From the award-winning director of The War on Democracy comes John Pilger’s latest work, The War You Don’t See. This hard-hitting exposé and scrutinizes the effects of the media during wartime, asking what is the role of the media in rapacious wars.
When symbols are separated from facts and the facts don’t matter, could the media be accused of conspiring to play down the carnage and of using ’embedded journalism’ to amplify the lies? This documentary unveils the war you don’t see and allows you to make up your own mind.
America: Freedom to Fascism is a 2006 film by Aaron Russo, covering a variety of subjects, including: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the income tax, Federal Reserve System, national ID cards (REAL ID Act), human-implanted RFID tags, Diebold electronic voting machines, globalization, Big Brother, taser weapons abuse, and the alleged use of terrorism by the government as a means to diminish the citizens’ rights.
From the book “The Ascent of Money: A Financial History”. How the history of finance has been punctuated by gut-wrenching crashes.
A unicorn’s dream. Or nightmare. Annabelle was created by Caroline Symonds, Ian White and Nick Macmillan for their final degree project whilst studying 3D Animation at the University Of Hertfordshire 2008.
Occupation 101: Voice of the Silenced Majorityis a 2006 documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict directed by Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish, and narrated by If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir. The film focuses on the reality and the effects of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and discusses events from the rise of Zionism to the Second Intifada and Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan, and presents its case through dozens of interviews.
Excellent Channel 4 documentary looking at the influences and evolution of the American slasher film. Presented by Mark Kermode, with interviewees including Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Sean Cunningham and Tobe Hooper.