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  • In the news … February 2021

    Commentary on current affairs, the news media, and the state of journalism, February 2021.

  • Google Plus interface.

    Remembering Google Plus: ‘ere, it’s bollocks, innit!

    Some humour from 2013, when I tangled with Google Plus zealots about the failed attempt to compete with Facebook.

  • Democracy under threat banner image.

    Our democracy under threat all around

    Australian democracy is threatened by Chinese expansionism, unregulated corporate excesses, and its own neo-fascism.

  • Kevin Rudd at senate inquiry

    News Corp lies to Australia

    True to form, News Corp executives give senate inquiry misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies.

  • This Gun for Hire (1942)

    Not the noir some claim, but an outstanding hybrid with a powerful performance from Ladd and impressive mises en scène.

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Reviews

This Gun for Hire (1942)

11 February 2021 0
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Conspiracy (2001)

8 February 2021 0
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Breaker Morant (1980)

25 January 2021 0
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005): two very different films

13 January 2021 0
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Ray Donovan (2013–2020)

28 December 2020 0
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Fight Club (1999), 20 years later

23 December 2020 0
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

20 December 2020 0
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Scorsese’s The Irishman: sad farewell to an era

14 January 2020 2
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This Storm (2019)

12 August 2019 0
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Werk ohne Autor / Never Look Away (2018)

4 July 2019 0

Features

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    ‘As if’ is not ‘what is’

    13 January 2021 0
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    Typography reveals more than just words

    25 December 2020 0
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    What does Nietzsche say to us today?

    2 December 2020 0
  • ABC Brisbane headquarters.

    Switzer’s critique of ABC exposes Australian right as neo-fascists

    5 March 2018 0
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    The Vietnam War (2017): I

    21 November 2017 0
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    Underworld USA: America unimagined

    24 December 2015 0
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    The Key Largo hypothesis: Brooks and Huston set the noir context

    7 July 2014 0

Ideas

Google Plus interface.

Remembering Google Plus: ‘ere, it’s bollocks, innit!

24 February 2021 0

Managing fear of change

22 January 2021 0
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The lens of insanity

19 January 2021 0

A primer on liberal democracy

14 January 2021 0
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‘As if’ is not ‘what is’

13 January 2021 0
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Typography reveals more than just words

25 December 2020 0
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How we trust ‘knowledge’

20 December 2020 0
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What does Nietzsche say to us today?

2 December 2020 0
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Critical thinking toolbox in the era of Trumpist imbeciles

9 October 2019 0

A short history of business process management

12 September 2016 0

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