Let’s discuss demagogues in the movies and TV. Could it happen here? (apologies to Sinclair Lewis) – some would say it already has...

MOSLEY (1998)

JEEVES & WOOSTER (1990-93)

THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (2020)

A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) – remind you of anyone?

Then there were three from Burt Lancaster:

THE RAINMAKER (1956)

ELMER GANTRY (1960)

SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (1964)

V FOR VENDETTA (2005)

ALL THE KING’S MEN (1949)

THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER (2016)

MAX (2002)

Was the V mini-series prophetic…?

1984 (1984): the boot’s on the other foot for John Hurt this time…and ‘stamping on a human face— forever.’

On a lighter note.

Who’s this little chap from The Boys from Brazil (1978)?

Let’s discuss a few I might have overlooked…