Research collective Bellingcat uses public information sources that can beconsulted and checked by anyone, mostly online. The Dutch investigativejournalist Christiaan Triebert, currently working for The New York Times_believes that this form of investigation is conducive to confidence injournalism, which has been damaged in some quarters. _Backlight presents aportrait of Triebert, who in the past conducted research for Bellingcat intothe Turkish coup attempt in 2016.
The Shining
SBS 9, 8.30 pm
(Horror, Stanley Kubrick, 1980) In this masterful Stephen King adaptation withwife and son, writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) gets snowed in at thegigantic, remote Overlook Hotel and continues magnificently, in the spirit ofthe hotel keeper who preceded him many winters ago. The hotel serves as aninscrutable labyrinth that constantly changes shape, for both the maincharacter and the spectator. The model used to be the Stanley Hotel inColorado: in this neo-Georgian, allegedly haunted building, King is said tohave devised his novel. Incidentally, the author himself could only moderatelyappreciate Kubrick’s adaptation: cleverly made but empty, King thought.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Just 5, 8.30 pm
(Adventure, Jake Kasdan, 2017) Director Jake Kasdan hits the mark with hisupdate of Jumanjic (1995), a 1990s blockbuster about an enchanted boardgame, on a different note from predecessor Joe Johnston. While the rathercreepy original was all about the special effects and the comedic talent ofRobin Williams, the 2017 version is a cheerful ensemble film that places theprotagonists in a computer game. The screenwriters shifted attention to therelationships between the characters and especially to the fantasy: what wouldit be like to suddenly be a character in a computer game?
Karen Gillan, Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black in Jake Kasdan’s ‘Jumanji: Welcometo the Jungle’.
Inside Man
BBC 1, 10pm
From the pen of Steven Moffat, who earned his spurs with BBC series such as_Doctor Who_ and Sherlock comes the new series Inside Man. The storyrevolves around four characters who become entangled and asks what it takes toturn someone into a murderer. David Tennant plays a priest who goes to thestation to pick up his son’s tutor (Dolly Wells). Meanwhile, a journalist(Lydia West) is looking for a good story and a death row inmate (StanleyTucci) awaits his execution in America.
Fault lines
NPO 2, 22.18 hours
In the series Fault lines Sinan Can takes stock in the banlieues of Europe.Not only in Paris, but also in London, Brussels and Stockholm. In these so-called Sharia neighbourhoods, unemployment is high, poverty is high and thegap between migrants and the native population is unbridgeable. Caninvestigates what is going on and wonders what the Netherlands can do toprevent the creation of such no-go zones. Today Can is in Clichy-sous-Bois,where African immigrants say that life was better in the slums they escaped.
Evil by Design: Surviving Nygård
Canvas, 10.55 p.m.
The successful Finnish-Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygård has enjoyedgolden times with his fashion brand over the past twenty years. That came toan abrupt end when an investigation into him was opened in 2020. Dozens ofwomen accuse Nygård of raping them at his vacation home in the Bahamas. Inmost cases, the victims were minors. In the first episode of Evil by Design:Surviving Nygård it turns out that stories of Nygård’s misconduct had beencirculating much earlier, but that the victims were intimidated.
The Conjuring 2
SBS 9, 10.55 pm
(Horror, James Wan, 2016) When paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warrencome to the aid of a single mother and her brood in their gloomy Londonterraced house, English haunted houses are also cracking doors and paleteenage girls fall into demonic cursing. Fortunately, director Wan uses theclichés with flair in this excellent sequel, and sometimes comes up withsomething new. Cool, the scene where the possessed daughter turns into a long-dead old man, while the camera work keeps her out of focus, so you’re neversure what you’re seeing.