The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 3: Escape in Time): the past really is a different country from which there’s no escape
John Krish, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 3: Escape in Time)” (1967) A particularly memorable
Tag: Fantasy
The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 1: From Venus with Love): investigating the life and death-giving capabilities of futuristic technologies
Robert Day, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 1: From Venus with Love)” (1967) This season
The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 2: The Fear Merchants): psychological thriller satirises business culture’s use of psychology
Gordon Flemyng, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 2: The Fear Merchants)” (1967) Even though I
French and French-language Films
Zéro de Conduite: zero for film convention and conformity, maximum score for lively presentation on social oppression
Jean Vigo, “Zéro de Conduite: Jeunes Diables au College” (1933) One of four films made
The Temptation of B: low-key sci-fi relying entirely on dialogue and character
Arkadi Sirenko, “The Temptation of B / Iskushenie B” (1990) A curious film, one of
Gibel’ Sensatsii / Loss of Feeling: good-looking film about robots and workers versus capitalists
Aleksandr Andriyevsky, “Gibel’ Sensatsii / Loss of Feeling” (1935) A very handsome-looking film made in
British Films | North American Films
The Prestige: fussy plot with flat characters turns on class and cultural rivalries of its setting
Christopher Nolan, “The Prestige” (2006) Rather fussy if good-looking film about duplicity and duplications, duelling
Little Black Riding Hood / The Walls: two very different early shorts by Piotr Dumala
Piotr Dumala, “Little Black Riding Hood / Czarny Kapturek” (1983) Piotr Dumala, “The Walls /
Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor: a bleak and surreal observation of one man’s existence in an uncaring universe
Koji Yamamura, “Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor / Franz Kafka: Ein Landartz / Kafuka: Inaka
Little Mole in the City: gentle satire poking fun at human nature and Western technocratic society
Zdenek Miler, “Little Mole in the City / Der Maulwurf kommt in die Stadt /