Masterpiece of historical philosophy. Yuval Harari has put together a consistent model of the development of human society identifying businesses, nations, and religions as convenient fictions that humans indulge in to allow themselves to cooperate in large numbers delivering first the Agricultural Revolution, then the Industrial Revolution, and finally the…
xceptional restoration of actual World War I footage using the actual participants in a way no actor could duplicate. As interesting as the restored footage is the 30 min follow-on piece about the decisions used in the restoration and the painstaking efforts to ‘get it right’.
Nail-biting documentary of the no-ropes climbing of El Capitan in Yosemite. Well-earned Best Documentary Oscar.
Non-fiction biography of Elon Musk’s obsessions and his rise to become a technological superpower. Space flight, electric vehicles, and underground tunneling are not science fiction, but practical daily pursuits to a driven man who reminds me of Ayne Rand’s Howard Roark, unafraid to challenge both bureaucracy and conventional wisdom at…
Surprisingly, a fun addition to the original, reprising a few things but with all new songs beautifully done.
Ken Follett masterpiece of World War I history told from the POV of English coal miners and aristocrats, Russian peasants, and American diplomats.
Slow slice of life of a centered Mexican maid moving through a chaotic world. Many Oscars for no reason I could agree with.
James P. Blaylock’s fantasy romp of eclectic characters caught in the magical tides of the thirty pieces of silver that corrupted Judas and gave rise to the myths of the Wandering Jew.
