The Wisdom of Crowds © 2021, Joe Abercrombie, Orbit Publications, 528pp There’s a quote late in Joe Abercrombie’s Wisdom of Crowds that may be the intellectual and moral core of the entire book: “Take it far enough, freedom becomes chaos. The voice of the people… is just noise. It is the blather of the lunatics …
Month: September 2021
Spanish La casa de papel Created by Álex Pina Starring Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Paco Tous, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán, Jaime Lorente, Esther Acebo, Enrique Arce, María Pedraza, Darko Perić, Kiti Mánver, Hovik Keuchkerian, Luka Peroš, Belén Cuesta, Fernando Cayo, Rodrigo de la Serna, Najwa Nimri Theme music composer Manel Santisteban …
Post Mortem Norwegian Post Mortem: ingen dør i Skarnes Directed by Harald Zwart & Petter Holmsen Original language Norwegian Production Producers Espen Horn Kristian Strand Sinkerud, Production company Motion Blur Distributor Netflix Starring: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen as Live Hallangen Elias Holmen Sørensen as Odd Hallangen André Sørum as Reinert Kim Fairchild as Judith Sarah Khorami …
Worth Directed by Sara Colangelo Written by Max Borenstein Based on What Is Life Worth? by Kenneth Feinberg Produced by Max Borenstein, Marc Butan, Bard Dorros, Sean Sorensen, Michael Sugar, Anthony Katagas, Michael Keaton Starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, Laura Benanti Cinematography Pepe Avila del Pino Edited by Julia …
Late in August 2021, Four Corners Television of Australia presented a remarkable two-part documentary, created and reported by Sarah Ferguson, that explains how Rupert Murdoch, paterfamilias of a vast entertainment corporation in Australia, conspired to erect a Potemkin news network, one devoted to airing Murdoch’s fascistic point of view. This part is fairly well known. …