A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Chana Joffe-Walt and Alix Spiegel, “Psychology of Fraud: Why Good People do Bad Things” (National Public Radio News / All Things Considered, 1 May 2012) A very…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 4: Arthur C Clarke)” (2011) Having never read any of Arthur C Clarke’s fiction, perhaps I’m not the best…
Dick Fontaine, “Mailer for Mayor” (1969) This BBC documentary was included in UK journalist / film-maker Adam Curtis’s recent post “White Negro for Mayor” on his…
Sara Nason, “Abandon the Knife” (2011) This documentary on female genital mutilation will always be topical as long as the practice and the social and economic conditions that…
“The World Tomorrow (Episode 3: Moncef Marzouki)” (Russia Today, 1 May 2012) In this episode, Julian Assange interviews Moncef Marzouki, the President of Tunisia and a…
Kihachiro Kawamoto “Tabi (The Trip)” (1973) Very striking little animation piece, reminiscent of an extended Monty Python cartoon piece, “The Trip” looks quite simple and has…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 2: Philip K Dick)” (2011) Philip K Dick is one of my favourite writers, though more for the 1950s…
Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” (1986) In the wake of news that British heavy metal band Judas Priest will cease touring and will be in…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Max Bourke, “I Can Change Your Mind About Climate” (2012) It seemed like a good idea at the time: take two people with sharply opposed views…
“The World Tomorrow (Episode 2: David Horowitz and Slavoj Zizek)” (Russia Today, 24 April 2012) For this episode, interviewer Julian Assange brought together two opposed public intellectuals,…