So, this is about two very different, though technically similar, short Christmas films about the Nativity. Both are vintage curiosities from the seasonal archives, and both utilise similar techniques. But the respective results are markedly different. First up, a
Since I already covered this subject a fortnight ago, I’ll try to be more brief this time. This is more of an update and trying to keep up with the situation, which has been ongoing. This article from two
This is a difficult subject for me to cover, for several reasons. But I think
Ten years ago, I asked at the start of this article, ‘Why is Israel bombing
It’s almost been mystifying. The speed and ease with which rebel forces have taken major Syrian cities and, as of Saturday, reached
With all the conflict already happening in the Middle East, a Syrian War redux seems like nightmare fuel. But that’s what appears
And yes, some people genuinely think an alien invasion is happening right now. And I’d be up for it, I think –
It’s all become very strange. And somewhat inscrutable. When a former Defense Department official tells members of US Congress “We are not
Yes, we’re going there. Why not? You know, I was kind of wondering if some anti Trump people would turn suspicious about
“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who
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On the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, the world-changing event – which, combined with the bombing of Nagasaki, is the only (officially) recorded use of a nuclear bomb against an enemy target – still divides opinion. The famous, haunting statement by Robert J. Oppenheimer,
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In December 2021 – just a few weeks before the Russian military incursion into Ukraine – something incredibly interesting happened. A United Nations resolution was presented, its purpose being to condemn Nazism or the ‘glorification of Nazism’. Only two countries voted AGAINST the resolution. Guess which ones? It was the
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Do you ever get the feeling that our collective destiny
The case of escaped prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife, who has
So… Haiti. And the assassination of its president, Juvenal Moise.
On 13th March 1996, according to the ‘official’ version of
One hundred years ago Albert Einstein, in his General Theory
I always thought The Mandalorian would be good. While I
You might’ve heard already, but there’s a Supergirl live-action TV
There are few, if any, MCU movies that I dislike.
Modern cinema sometimes feels like a revolving door, with films
Kylo Ren – or Ben Solo – the primary antagonist
There is of course already plenty of evidence and logic
Much as I slated the Kurt Cobain statue in Aberdeen
So. Soup. If you’ve already heard it, you probably don’t
A statue of the late Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman and rock music
I just saw one of the best shows of my