A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
“Storing Freshwater in the Salty Sea” (Asianometry, 22 August 2022) In this video, the Asianometry host digresses from economics, business and IT issues to one relevant…
Eli Powers, “Holy Moses” (2018) A film about how extraordinary and bizarre events can inspire people and give them purpose in life – purpose that might…
Rudolph Cartier, “The News-Benders” (1968) Entertaining yet troubling and provocative, “The News-Benders” was one of nearly 300 episodes of a BBC television series “Thirty-Minute Theatre” that…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Radheya Jegavetha, “The Quiet” (2020) Created entirely by director Radheya Jegavetha and his father Jay Jay Jegathesan who co-wrote and co-produced the short and provided the…
Matt Hill, “Actuary” (2020) In the not so distant future, an insurance company develops an artificial intelligence algorithm in the form of Benson (Chase Fein) that…
Ivan Radovic, “Eldritch Code” (2017) Partly told in a world-weary voice-over narration by the main character, this sci-fi horror short brings the Lovecraft universe into a…
German and German-language Films
Karim Eich and Dirk Wachsmuth, “Monju Hunters of Sofugan Island” (2017) An unexpectedly deep and melancholy short film, this sci-fi short is set in a not…
French and French-language Films
Michèle Dominici, “Becoming Marilyn ” (2021) Billed by production company Arte Distribution as a “unique portrait” of famed 1950s Hollywood screen icon Marilyn Monroe, this documentary…
Australian and New Zealand Films, North American Films
Louis Leterrier, “Clash of the Titans” (2010) A brisk and goofy remake of the original Ray Harryhausen film of the same name, and trashing much of…
Japanese Films, North American Films
“The Dark Side of Japan: The Lost Generation” (Explained With Dom, 22 June 2022) One of the largest economies in the world with a healthy, long-lived…