A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Aaron Franz, “The Age of Transitions” (2008) Interesting documentaries about power and control of human societies seem to be falling into my lap like there are…
Adam Curtis, “The Trap – What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom? (Episode 3: We will Force You to be Free)” (2007) Part of Adam Curtis’s “The Trap…
Adam Curtis, “The Living Dead (Episode 3: The Attic)” (1995) Having seen the mishmash that was “The Iron Lady”, I figured it was high time I…
Phyllida Lloyd, “The Iron Lady” (2011) I steeled myself to watch this film; I had seen the trailer and it had filled me with fear. Donning…
Pedro Almodóvar, “The Skin I Live In / La Piel Que Habito” (2011) Georges Franju’s sci-fi horror classic “Eyes without a Face” was overdue for a remake…
Hayao Miyazaki, “Howl’s Moving Castle” (2005) Up to and including “Spirited Away”, the animated films by Studio Ghibli are of a high standard both technically and…
Lars von Trier, “Melancholia” (2011) Fed up with the deadbeat rate of intellectual and cultural evolution that the human species was demonstrating on planet Earth, the…
French and French-language Films
Patrick Forestier, “Blood Coltan” (2007) Saw mention of this documentary in Arena magazine (December 2011 / January 2012 issue) so I was curious as to what…
Lars von Trier, “Antichrist” (2009) Highly controversial for its depiction of sexual violence and mutilation, “Antichrist” was made when von Trier was suffering depression and the…
French and French-language Films, Spanish Films
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali, “L’Âge d’Or” (1930) On the heels of “Un Chien Andalou”, a short film, comes this proper full-length surrealist feature by Buñuel…