Clandestime

I continue my review of HBO’s The Newsroom by looking at season two – wherein a series of whistleblowers accuse...

The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it. In this episode we examine dozens of films...

12 Angry Men is a Hollywood classic about a jury trying to decide whether a young man is guilty of...

In a year of very few theatrical releases it’s been a bad time for state-sponsored culture, so in this episode...

I continue the more philosophical theme in recent subscribercasts by outlining the ancient Greek model of moral philosophy known as...

In this subscriber-only podcast we take a sideways look at one of the most popular philosophical conflicts. I explore some...

Tom Hanks is perhaps the last of the classic Hollywood leading men, and has starred in some of the most...

I decided to do a subscriber-only review of the HBO TV series The Newsroom, with an episode looking at each...

On this Christmas edition of the subscribercast we examine the daddy of all Christmas movies – Die Hard.  I outline...

The Department of Homeland Security is one of the biggest agencies of the US government, and has a highly active...

The 1968 Chicago riots at the Democrat National Convention, and the subsequent trial of 8 leaders of different radical left...

2017’s Wonder Woman was hailed and criticised in equal measure, mostly because it featured a female superhero protagonist. But what...

In this subscribercast I review and analyse a recent conference hosted by the US Naval Institute and the US Naval...

Combat Obscura is a documentary shot on the ground in Afghanistan at the height of the war. In this episode...

In this subscribercast I take a more philosophical turn and explore what I think is the greatest philosophical mistake we’ve...

‘Cultural Marxism’ is a term that these days is almost exclusively used by hard right wing critics of the popular...

On this month’s subscriber-only podcast I examine four very different movies, three with a ‘social action’ or political element and...

In this episode I welcome back friend and journalist James Oddy so we could discuss the 8th and final season...

Platoon is one the great American anti-war films, beloved by many veterans for its realistic combat sequences and its full-blooded...

On this month’s subscribercast I break down and analyse an interview by the Hollywood Reporter with Warren Leight, the showrunner...