curated cinema: how societies fall
2010’s Agora is on Prime in the US; DVD only in the UK.
Hypatia
Agora movie review: condemned to repeat it
Once upon a time, a film this epic, this relevant, this emotional would have been celebrated as a great entertainment and important storytelling with something vital to say about the world today.
trailer break: ‘Agora’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Destroy books, kill in the name of a deity, and ignore the wisdom and advice of intelligent people based on what their genitalia looks like. It’s amazing we’ve managed to survive as long as we have. What would Hypatia of Alexandria think of us today? Perhaps needless … more…
