Embrace of the Serpent
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT tells the epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last…
JOHN’S BLOG
Terrorism and the West
Arundhati Roy, is the author of The God of Small Things, and, as a social activist, focuses on the relationship between citizens and the State.…
Birdman
“The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance” “Koyaanisqatsi” is a Hopi word, translated as “life out of balance”. The 1982 movie of the same name portrays Western…
Dreams, Bones, and the Future
A book by Russell Lockhart & Paco Mitchell In this review, I want to open up the thought that acts as spiritus rector for this…
A Dangerous Method
A DANGEROUS METHOD: A FILM BY DAVID CRONENBERG (2012) I saw the film recently in Sydney (April 2012) but my following comments are also coloured…
Avatar (2009)
LOST DREAMS OR MODERN NIGHTMARE To concern ourselves with dreams is a way of reflecting on ourselves—a way of self reflection. It is not our…