Art: Joseph Smit

 

Joseph Smit was a Dutch zoological illustrator.

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smit 

Author: Margaret Cavendish

 

 

(Art: Peter Lely)

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a prolific English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. In her lifetime she produced more than 12 original literary works, many of which became well known due to her high social status.

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Art: Wilhelm von Wright

 

Wilhelm von Wright was a Swedish-Finnish painter and amateur naturalist.

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Wright

Author: Umberto Eco

 

Umberto Eco OMRI was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco

New Stuff: Das neue Lexikon des Unwissens

 

Art: William Swainson

 

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Swainson

New Stuff: Erzählende Affen

 

New Stuff: Lexikon des Unwissens

 

The Movies I Watched in February

Alaska Seas 1954  5/10

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye 2011  6/10

The Banshees of Inisherin 2022  9/10

Captain Nova 2021  6/10 

Columbo: Requiem For a Falling Star 1973  6/10

The Desperate Hour 2021  5/10

Easy Living 1937  7/10

Elvis 2022  7/10

Fermat's Last Theorem 1996  7/10

 

Good Night Oppy 2022 6 /10

Heojil kyolshim 2022 7/10

 

I Am Greta 2020 6/10 

La legge di Lidia Poët

La legge di Lidia Poët 2023  6/10

The Little Drummer Girl 2018  7/10

 The Nest 2020  7/10

Saw 2004  6/10 

Saw II 2005 6/10

Saw III 2006  6/10

Saw IV 2007 6/10

Saw V 2008  6/10

Saw VI 2009  6/10

Saw 3D 2010  6/10

The Shadow on the Window 1957  6/10

Troll 2022 6/10

Vesper 2022  7/10

 Vortex 2021  8/10

Werckmeister harmoniak 2000  8/10

Worth 2020 7/10

Das geheime Leben der Bäume (2020)

 

When Peter Wohlleben published his book "The Hidden Life of Trees" in 2015, he quickly entered bestseller lists. The forester wrote vividly about his experience that trees are able to communicate with each other, a thesis explored here.

Fairly interesting documentary is more a portrait of the author than a serious and barely scientifically based presentation of its actual topic: the trees.

 

New Stuff: Sibylle Anderl - Das Universum und ich. Die Philosophie der Astrophysik

 

The Movies I Watched in March

A.I. Rising 2018  7/10

L'art du crime, season 1 2017  6/10

Bad News Bears 2005  6/10 

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms 1953  6/10

Benedetta 2021  6/10 

The Big Bang Theory 2007-2019  8/10

 

Dai-Nihonjin 2007  6/10

Dersu Uzala 1975  8/10

Fractured 2019  6/10

Fright Night 1985  5/10 

Gretel & Hansel 2020  7/10

L'homme qui aimait les femmes 1977 6/10

House of Gucci 2021  7/10

 

Mijn beste vriendin Anne Frank 2021  6/10

Of Human Bondage 1934  7/10

 

Nightmare Alley 2021  7/10 

Pig 2021  7/10

 

Pleasure 2021  6/10

Le pornographe 2001  6/10

Price Wars 2021 5/10

A Reflection of Fear 1972  6/10 

Rim of the World 2019 6/10

Rocketship X-M 1950  6/10

Seijû gakuen 1974  7/10

Seventh Heaven 1937  7/10

 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942  7/10

 

Song of the South 1946  6/10

Them! 1954  6/10 

Underwater 2020  6/10

The Weekend Away 2022 5/10

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us 2005  7/10

 

 West Side Story 2021 6/10

 

Art: Fritz Kahn

 

Bio:

https://www.fritz-kahn.com/about

Life in Colour (2021)

 

Exploring the many ways animals use colour throughout their lives. 

Fascinating short documentary series revealing recent scientific findings on the topic illustrated with some spectacular photography; the third and final episode is a bit of a summary of the techniques used for the series plus some remarks on the dangers of climate change.

 

Epos Dei - Die geheimnisvolle Ordnung hinter den Dingen (2010)

 

Several researchers get explain their look at their work and the related findings.

Pseudo-scientific documentary claims to reveal some hitherto "unknown" or rather "ignored" sensational scientific findings, but basically mixes some well-known facts with wild speculation and lets some self-acclaimed experts babble about their half-baked insights.

 

Art: Robert Hooke

 

Bio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke

New Stuff: Prehistoric Life on Earth

 

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)

 

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other; this feature documentary is his witness statement.

More heartfelt and stirring plea than just a documentary David Attenborough presents his warning of the damage humankind has brought upon the planet as a summation of his life's work, including some spectacular nature photography.

 

Everything and Nothing (2011)

 

Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing?

Compelling and inquisitive investigation of current's science's knowledge (and open questions) on the essential aspects of our universe, but mainly aimed at an audience still unaware of this science.

 

Die Sinfonie der Ungewissheit (2018)

 

Set on the grounds of Hamburg's famous DESY, Claudia Lehmann embarks on a philosophical journey together with her PhD supervisor Gerhard Mack, one of Germany's most prolific and transboundary physicists. 

More focused on the scientist, who is indeed a fascinating personality, than on the actual science this documentary presents an intimate portrait and some great music in its making.