FIREBALL: VISITORS FROM DARKER WORLDSCapsules Blog, Documentary, FIVE STARS, ScienceFebruary 1, 2022With his signature dry delivery, Cinema’s editorializing master places Cambridge Professor of Volcanology, Clive Oppenheimer in front of the camera…
OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFECapsules Blog, Documentary, FIVE STARS, ScienceDecember 18, 2020Essential. Ric Burns’s brilliant deep-dive documentary about neurologist and author Oliver Wolf Sacks captures the complex mind and wild life…
FOCUS ON CANNES 2019: BACURAU —Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça FilhoAmerica, Art House, Articles Blog, Blog, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cinema, Culture, Current Affairs, Directors, Drama, Film, Film Criticism, Film Festivals, Filmmaking, Food and Drink, Independent, International Cinema, Media, News, Patreon, Politics, Religion, Sci-Fi, Science, sex, Travel, Web/TechMay 13, 2019Kleber Mendonça Filho returns to Cannes since screening his well-received film “Aquarius” in 2016. The Brazilian filmmaker teams up with…
LARS VON TRIER’S ANTICHRISTClassic Cinema, Comedy, Craft Beer, Film, Horror, Media, Podcasts Blog, Politics, Religion, Science, sex, Share Economy, SHOCKTOBER!, StreamingAugust 19, 2017Cole chose LONG TRAIL BREWING’S GREEN BLAZE IPA to go along with our discussion of Lars Von Trier’s ANTICHRIST. Get out…
DAVID FINCHER’S FIGHT CLUBClassic Cinema, Comedy, Craft Beer, Film, Media, Music, Oscars, Patreon, Podcast, Podcasts Blog, Politics, Religion, Science, sex, Share Economy, TelevisionAugust 4, 2017Cole pulled out the big guns with FLYING DOG BREWERY’S DOUBLE DOG IPA to go along with our discussion of…
ADAM CURTIS’S HYPERNORMALIZATIONComedy, Craft Beer, Current Affairs, Documentary, Film, Leftist Idealogy, Media, Podcast, Podcasts Blog, Politics, Religion, Science, sex, Share EconomyNovember 4, 2016In episode #28 we drink TRANSMITTER WF1 Belgian Pale Ale to talk about Adam Curtis’s HYPERNORMALIZATION. Cole Smithey.
THE FILMMAKERS VIDEO ESSAY SERIES: BY COLE SMITHEYAcademy Awards, Action/Adventure, Art House, Articles Blog, Books, Cannes Film Festival, Cinema, Comedy, Culture, Current Affairs, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Film, Film Festivals, Food and Drink, Games, Historical Epic, Horror, Independent, International Cinema, Media, Music, Musical, Noir, Podcast, Politics, Religion, Sci-Fi, Science, Sports, Television, Travel, Video Essay, War, Web/TechOctober 6, 2016THE DIRECTORS VIDEO SERIES: BY COLE SMITHEY. Groupthink doesn’t live here, critical thought does. This website is dedicated to Agnès…
Elon Musk Debuts the Tesla PowerwallCulture, Current Affairs, Film Blog, News, Politics, Science, Web/TechMay 2, 2015Elon Musk Debuts the Tesla Powerwall
NASA | Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust to Amazon in 3-DFilm Blog, Nature, ScienceApril 4, 2015NASA | Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust to Amazon in 3-D
The Best of Neil deGrasse Tyson: Arguments and ComebacksCulture, Film Blog, ScienceMarch 30, 2015The Best of Neil deGrasse Tyson: Arguments and Comebacks
ET3 Worldwide Tube Transportation ProjectCulture, Current Affairs, Film Blog, Politics, Science, TravelJuly 17, 2013ET3 Worldwide Tube Transportation Project
TRACKING SOULS TO THE AFTERLIFECulture, Film, Film Blog, ScienceJuly 5, 2013TRACKING SOULS TO THE AFTERLIFE
OIL: Where It Comes From and Where It’s GoingCulture, Film Blog, Nature, Politics, ScienceMay 26, 2013OIL: Where It Comes From and Where It’s Going