A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Robert Greenwald, “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism” (2004) An impassioned documentary intended to rouse its mainly American audience to action, “Outfoxed …” exposes in considerable…
French and French-language Films
Anne Fontaine with Wladimir Yordanoff, “Nathalie” (2003) Trust the French to do upper middle class feminist angst with a dash of secret lesbian desire like no-one…
“Tea and Conversation with David Lyons: Oolong Tea” at The Tea Centre, Sydney, 27 April 2013 Once again I found myself sitting in the mezzanine level of…
Latin American Films (Spanish language)
Pablo Larraín, “No” (2012) Set in late Pinochet-era Chile when the old dictator general, under international pressure to allow democracy to return to the South American…
Akira Kurosawa, “The Hidden Fortress” (1958) Inspiration for George Lucas’ “Star Wars: A New Hope”, the 1978 space-fantasy flick that spawned an industry, this unusual historical…
Bob Rafelson, “Five Easy Pieces” (1970) One of the saddest films I have seen, “Five Easy Pieces” was conceived as a character study vehicle by the…
French and French-language Films
Claude Miller, “Thérèse Desqueyroux” (2012) Claude Miller’s swansong film is a historical drama piece starring Audrey Tautou in the eponymous role occupied by Emmanuelle Riva in…
Paul Grignon, “Money As Debt 3 (Evolution Beyond Money)” In the final episode of the series, Grignon looks at how the world can rid itself of…
Paul Grignon, “Money As Debt 2 (Promises Unleashed)” (2009) Where the first episode in Paul Grignon’s “Money As Debt” series is a general overview of the…
Paul Grignon, “What the Heck is a Bail-Out?” Part of a body of work investigating the role of money in modern society and how banks came…