Saw a lot of movies this year primarily via NetFlix. Not a firm placement but these were ones feel worth mentioning.
Wild Tales (Argentina, hilarious)
Force Majeure (Danish, philosophical on gender roles et more)
Mr. Turner (classical setting)
NightCrawler (how depraved will one become for a dollar)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (wish every teen film was done as well as this one)
Heaven and Earth (1993, Third part of Oliver Stone's trilogy on Vietnam War)
Whiplash (how driven are you)
Ex Machina (robots)
Meru (stunning visual documentary of mountain climbing with great backstory)
La Samourai (1967 French, classic crime noire)
Sunset Boulevard (1950, Hollywood egos)
A Most Violent Year (great atmosphere, crime drama)
Far From the Madding Crowd (1967, good love story)
Rebecca (1940, Spookie)
White God (how does one evolve when subject to abuse)
The Raid 2 (Indonesian, action film better than the first)
Song of the Sea (Danish animation)
The Past (2013 gradual healing from hopelessness to hope)
Short Term 12 (kids in trouble and people who try to help them)
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Japanese animation from Studio Ghibli)
When Marnie Was There (Studio Ghibli)
Televsion
Sherlock (PBS, so glad we found this, great stuff)
Game of Thrones (HBO, a bit over the top at times on sex and violence but still worthwhile)
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
Economic Inequality to blame for terrorism?
Author claims economic inequality is to blame for terrorism (rise of Isis as main example).
Instead of correcting issues to do with wealth we just demonize those who are disadvantaged.
Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are the worst offenders surpassing the even the US.
The majority of citizens are dirt poor while the wealthy minority get richer and richer.
Tis no wonder they are pissed off.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/30/why-inequality-is-to-blame-for-the-rise-of-the-islamic-state/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_isiswonkblog-11am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Instead of correcting issues to do with wealth we just demonize those who are disadvantaged.
Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are the worst offenders surpassing the even the US.
The majority of citizens are dirt poor while the wealthy minority get richer and richer.
Tis no wonder they are pissed off.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/30/why-inequality-is-to-blame-for-the-rise-of-the-islamic-state/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_isiswonkblog-11am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Sunday, November 29, 2015
The Color of Debt Collection
Argument to place responsibility for loans more on the lenders than the borrowers.
The poor being fleeced by the out of control capitalists/opportunists.
https://www.propublica.org/article/debt-collection-lawsuits-squeeze-black-neighborhoods
Accompanying story on NPR where first heard this story.
http://www.marketplace.org/2015/10/08/business/color-debt
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89271746
The poor being fleeced by the out of control capitalists/opportunists.
https://www.propublica.org/article/debt-collection-lawsuits-squeeze-black-neighborhoods
Accompanying story on NPR where first heard this story.
http://www.marketplace.org/2015/10/08/business/color-debt
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89271746
Monday, November 2, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
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