non-fiction

All posts tagged non-fiction

Seven Years in Tibet - (1997 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120102/

A mountaineer in India gets captured by the British during World War II, fleeing until circumstances bring him in the company of the Dalai Lama in Tibet.

A story about a man, until it nosedives straight into the politics of the hostile takeover that turned Tibet into an autonomous region in communist China.



Continue Reading

Tyson - (1995 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114759/

A biopic of Mike Tyson.

It was only fair, and I didn't finish it. I ended it with the predictably-horrible wife.



Continue Reading

Chernobyl - (2019 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7366338/
https://www.hbo.com/chernobyl
https://www.sky.com/watch/chernobyl

A miniseries told around the Soviet Chernobyl disaster.

A tense, decently-paced look at how communist lies spell disaster, and how communism once again cost tens of thousands and almost tens of millions of lives.



Continue Reading

Citizenfour - (2014) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4044364/
https://citizenfourfilm.com/

A documentary on, and interviews with, Edward Snowden.

I suppose it has some interesting material, and certainly the topic is great, but as a viewing experience this movie is boring as fuck.



Continue Reading

Crumb - (1994 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109508/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/crumb

A documentary about Robert Crumb.

A lineage of broken genetics is passed on to children, one of whom drew odd things oddly and got famous because normies couldn't or wouldn't do it. He got and stayed famous because he got there first. Everyone fawns over him to be cool.

There's a lot of anti-consumerism, anti-industry and general cultural critique. Unfortunately, the whole thing gets interesting only in the latter third, and the good cultural critique is scattered throughout that.

All things considered, this isn't a great movie, an interesting person or an interesting topic. For people unaware of the reality, this shows the broken side of certain kinds of artist.

Not recommended.



Continue Reading

The-Red-Pill-2016-movie poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia - warning: ideological bias)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3686998/
was theredpillmovie.com

A feminist's documentary about men's (human) rights.

A refreshing piece of work, with the intellectual morals to actually talk to the men's rights advocates being talked about. The contrast between "the sides" is truly astonishing.



Continue Reading