All Will Rise devs 'definitely expect some pushback from Western audiences' over its depiction of violent resistance and ecoterrorism "We are an activist story that deals with these topics." PC Gamer · May 18
‘A new phase’: why climate activists are turning to sabotage instead of protest Tougher laws said to be inspiring clandestine attacks on the ‘property and machinery’ of the fossil fuel economy The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2025
Tim Winton: ‘I lived in the worst possible space for seven years. It knocks some paint off you, I can tell you’ After years of wrestling with difficult subject matter in secrecy, the Australian novelist talks about the grim future he has imagined for his latest novel, and how it can be avoided The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2024
The Wave of Political Violence Has No End in Sight Politics have become too high stakes for Americans to back away from the brink. Reason · Aug 2, 2024
French rail network vandalism: Investigators probe far-left connections, foreign links Those responsible for the coordinated acts of sabotage that hit the French railway network on Friday, just before the Olympic Games' opening ceremony, are still unknown. Initial police investigations are looking at individuals connected with extreme left-wing groups. However, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has also raised the possibility of… France 24 · Jul 30, 2024
How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it Earth's climate is in trouble, and the signs could be seen around the world this summer The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023
Earth in the Anthropocene: how did we get here? Can we limit the damage? In 2000, Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul J. Crutzen proposed that the epoch known as the Holocene, which started some 11,700 years ago, had reached its end. To describe our current era, he employed the term anthropocene, originated earlier by ecologist Eugene F. Stoermer. Together the two scientists asserted that… The Conversation · Nov 22, 2023
The week in TV: Sex Education; Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law?; Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast; Juice – review The game-changing school drama comes of age in its final season; a despairing Chris Packham considers abandoning peaceful protest. Plus, Picasso in the round and the comedy surrealism of Mawaan Rizwan The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023
Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law? review – the bravest, most anguished TV of the year This extraordinarily honest eco-documentary sees the nature presenter wrestle with an existential crisis – and he’s so desperate he risks his entire future The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023
Sydney Film Festival 2023 program: Highlights chosen by our film critics In its 70th year, the festival program boasts almost 300 films — from international heavy hitters and award-winners to lesser-known gems and trailblazing debuts. Here are nine you can't miss. ABC News · Jun 5, 2023
Fire and concrete: will France’s model of radical climate protest catch on? As campaigning hots up around the world once again, eyes have been turning to the country that is taking things further The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2023
I back saboteurs who have acted with courage and coherence, but I won’t blow up a pipeline. Here’s why I can’t urge anyone to do things I wouldn’t do myself, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023
How to Blow Up a Pipeline review – a gripping, of-the-moment eco-thriller Set in Texas, Daniel Goldhaber’s tense drama probes the moral complexity of a group of protesters sabotaging oil infrastructure The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
When climate despair spills over into righteous violence, can that ever be right? How to Blow Up a Pipeline makes a case for sabotage, but hope remains that we can build rather than destroy, says campaigner Natasha Walter The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023 Climate diplomacy is hopeless, says author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline Andreas Malm says he has no hope in ‘dominant classes’, and urges more radical approach to climate activism
Total Film · Apr 20, 2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline review: "An impeccably crafted nail-biter" Mainstream filmmakers face a tricky balancing act when it comes to tackling the climate crisis and portraying those who are fighting to avert eco-catastrophe. An approach that is either too light or too po-faced risks undermining the efforts of real-life activists. Even Kelly Reichardt’s generally solid thriller Night Moves (2013)…
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline review: A radical Marxist thriller that speaks to a generation’s anger This relentless tale of eco-sabotage borrows the tone and structure of a classic Hollywood thriller
The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2023 How to Blow Up a Pipeline review – explosively Tarantino-esque eco thriller A young crew of protesters come together to destroy a Texas oil pipeline in Daniel Goldhaber’s fiercely watchable film
The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023 Is eco-terrorism now self-defence? Inside explosive film How to Blow Up a Pipeline Peaceful protest hasn’t stopped the climate crisis, so what should happen next? The makers of a new nerve-jangling film about eight young saboteurs talk about oil, extreme action and morality
Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023 What to stream: 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' and other movies about environmental activism Last weekend, the first weekend of Earth Month, the incendiary ecoterrorism thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” debuted in theaters after premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Adapted from the book by Andreas Malm, the film, directed by Daniel Goldhaber, is a swift, pulse-pounding thriller about a…
Los Angeles Times · Apr 10, 2023 Please don't blow up a pipeline after seeing this film At a time when many filmmakers are paranoically spoiler-phobic, director Daniel Goldhaber doesn't mind if audiences know the outcome of his new movie going in.
The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores vigilante eco-sabotage When the creators of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” initially set out to adapt the book that critiques the docility of climate activism, director Daniel Goldhaber had a very different vision than what they eventually made
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022 If you’re outraged by XR and Just Stop Oil, imagine how disruptive climate breakdown will be Focusing on activists only detracts from what we should be angry about, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022 The British right’s hostility to climate action is deeply entrenched – and extremely dangerous With voters increasingly fearful about fires, floods and extreme temperatures, can the Tories find a way back towards reality, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
The Conversation · Jul 7, 2022 Climate activism has so far been fairly peaceful: here’s why that might change Climate change is perhaps the most serious threat to life on this planet. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), climate change has already caused heatwave, drought and flood deaths across the world; contributed to the spread of potentially fatal diseases including cholera; and…