~ ~ ~ There is an IKEA Holidays commercial that was doing the rounds which some believe is a splendid championing of Diversity & Inclusion. It shows a South Asian family in Canada celebrating the “Holiday Season”. On the surface it’s a rather charming and benign commercial, but as a…

~ ~ ~ A few days back I shared an article on LinkedIn about ‘Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”. I received a message from LinkedIn telling me — Your post has (-a changing number-) views so far. Try mentioning someone in a comment to get the conversation going. Now this…

~ ~ ~ Since there is a fourth film coming up in The Matrix franchise, a piece I had written back in May 2003 - just after the second film ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ had come out - feels relevant. I explained why the sequel was such a let down by…

The potency of quietness in films. Note that I said the potency of quietness, not the potency of silence. Two very different things. What I mean by the potency of quietness is the deep impact of the quiet moments in any narrative. A scene that may not be entirely silent…