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WATCH: The Jones Plantation
The first half of our halloween short-story double bill isn’t a horror story in the tradiional sense. But it...
Nothing Ever Happened
John Steppling Some books demand slower reading than others. Ed Curtin’s new book is such a case. But then...
REVIEW: The people need to take back control
Tony Sutton A review of The Sport & Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada’s Public Wealth,...
REVIEW: Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone
Edward Curtin Like the wandering and rascally Odysseus upon whom he models his life, Oliver Stone is “double-minded” in...
Faceless Beings
Faceless beings with muffled voices stare at me through dark sunken sockets full of fear and fright. Muzzled and...
Donetsk film’s planned interference in the US Presidential Election
Rhys Jones The new spy thriller Alpha R, which is being shot in Donetsk for a release later this...
Interview Most Foul
Edward Curtin Imagine this: A so-called presidential historian for a major television network publishes an interview in the most...
REVIEW: Planet of the Humans
The pandemic is fetishized and much like the climate alarmism associated with Greta and The Guardian paper, there is...
Bob Dylan’s Midnight Message to JFK’s Ghost
Edward Curtin For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak with most miraculous organ.” Hamlet On May 1,...
REVIEW: The Man Who Skewers Presidential Numbskullery
Masterful essays take aim at the numbskullery of Trump, his hapless political opponents, and the boneheaded media warriors who...
Painting A True Christ: A Review of Terrence Malik’s “A Hidden Life”
Edward Curtin There’s an early scene in Terrence Malik’s masterful new film – what I would call a moving...
Neo-McCarthyite Witchhunters Hypocritically Mourn Kirk Douglas
Matthew Ehret Hollywood film legend Kirk Douglas’ passing on February 5th at the age of 103 has resulted in...
Why Mainstream Critics Turned Against Joker
Kit Knightly The Oscars are happening as we speak, and I’m a little embarassed to say I want Joker...
REVIEW: Global Justice and Finance
Philip Roddis Paleontologists tell us homo sapiens sapiens has walked the earth for 140,000 years, 130,000 of them as...
Literature and Politics in a Dystopian Age
Frank Lee Unquestionably, the world seems to be moving away from democratic forms of rule and morphing into authoritarian/totalitarian...
Hovering in Cyberspace
Edward Curtin We live in a fabricated reality where the visible world became nearly meaningless once the screen world...
Rest in Peace, Terry Jones
Kit Knightly I never met Terry Jones, but I would rather have liked to. The complexities of life brushed...
An end to capitalism. An end to cash!
Review by Tony Sutton The UK working class lost much sympathy after its stunning rejection of Jeremy Corbyn’s socialist...
The Searching Life and Enigmatic Death of Albert Camus
Edward Curtin Everyone wants the man who is still searching to have already reached his conclusions. A thousand voices...
Songs of Longing for New Year’s Day
Edward Curtin Like many people, when the New Year rolls around, I think of turning over a new leaf....
