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Adam Curtis and Ari Aster Interview [2025]
Read a recent interview with documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis and horror film directoer Ari Aster in conversation.
Read an interview with Adam Curtis, the revered documentary maker of Shifty, HyperNormalisation and Can’t Get You Out Of My Head and Ari Aster, the horror film director of Eddington, Hereditary and Midsommar, in conversation. Both filmmakers attempt to make sense of some of the biggest political and social problems in an age of nostalgia and disconnection.
You can read the recent interview here:
Adam Curtis Gets ‘Shifty’ Documentary [2025]
Adam Curtis returns in 2025 with another mind blowing documentary series called ‘Shifty’.
Adam Curtis returns in 2025 with another mind blowing documentary series called ‘Shifty’.
From what I understand, ‘Shifty’ focuses on the financial decisions that led to the erosion of Truth and belief in authoritarism in our society and media courtesy of Silvio Berlusconi, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump who reeked havoc with lies and propoganda, leaving people with nothing left to believe in except a vacuum where mistrust breeds conspiracy, and ultimately control.
You can read a new Adam Curtis interview about the themes of his new series here:
Personally, I think we are witnessing the slow painful death of the Fourth Estate in a world where checks and balances are removed and truth is now a subjective digital currency of the disinformation age.
Shifty is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer now.
Watch the Shifty trailer trailer below: