A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Michael Ferguson, “Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death” (Season 7, 1970) After six seasons, and the departure of two actors playing the eponymous Doctor, perhaps the…
Arabic-language Films, Chinese and Chinese-language Films
Wen Muye, “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” aka “Welcome to the Dragon Restaurant” (2026) Its story told using flashback narrative structure, this Chinese…
David Robert Mitchell, “The End of Oak Street” (2026) The premise is intriguing enough, and one might detect a critique of 1980s- American-style suburbia (with all…
David Maloney, “Doctor Who: The War Games” (Season 6, 1969) One of the longest stories in the “Doctor Who” television series, totalling ten episodes, “The War…
Douglas Camfield, “Doctor Who: The Invasion” (Season 6, 1968) This eight-part serial featuring Patrick Troughton as the second incarnation of the beloved British sci-fi hero Doctor…
French and French-language Films
Olivier Assayas, “The Wizard of the Kremlin” (2025) Based on the novel of the same name by Giuliano da Empoli, published in 2022, “The Wizard of…
German and German-language Films, Italian and Italian-language Films
Michele Mally, “Taboo – Egon Schiele” (2026) In this lively documentary on the life of early 20th-century Austrian artist Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), Italian director…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films, Southeast Asian Films
Lan Hongchun, “Dear You” (2026) Made on a budget equivalent to US$2.06 million or nearly $3 million in Australian currency, with little marketing and promotion, and…
Daniel Roher, “Tuner” (2015) The notion that a piano tuner and a safe-cracking expert can share similar attributes – an incredibly sharp sense of hearing, tactile…
Kane Parsons “Backrooms” (2026) Originally an Internet phenomenon that appeared on the imageboard website 4chan in 2019, and then branching into videogames and Youtube channels of…