Archive - Sirstack

The Brutalist is Not About the American Dream

This was originally going to be a real review, but it is now what it is instead

Feb 9 •

September 2024

Megalopolis Review

Sep 28, 2024 •

August 2024

A Well Thought Out Plan.

Aug 29, 2024 •

July 2024

Why School for Scoundrels (1950 something) is a BAD FILM

It is always painful to condemn a film as bad, especially when it’s mostly good, but alas your merciless critic cannot spare himself for the sake of his…

Jul 10, 2024 •

Against Anti-Americanism

There is a fair bit of discourse around America these days.

Jul 10, 2024 •

December 2023

Big spoilers almost immediately, beware

Dec 18, 2023 •

September 2023

I started this post a week or so ago and am unlikely to ever finish it, so here it is in incomplete form:

Sep 5, 2023 •

July 2023

Let us Befriend France once more

In the 80s and 90s there was a brief period of Anglo-French rapprochement.

Jul 8, 2023 •

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

No doubt a lot of people didn't enjoy the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones Trilogy.

Jul 4, 2023 •

April 2023

Britain's Legacy of Empire

All empires need to justify themselves.

Apr 2, 2023 •

October 2022

What explains the bizarre and confused behaviour of Liz Truss?

Please read the final line if this seems familiar 😉

Oct 22, 2022 •

August 2022

Democracy: The Rise.... and Fall?

(Thanks to the surfeit of images in this post, it is too long for email. Please open it on the website)

Aug 14, 2022 •

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