A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Bess Krugman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 6: Building a World-Class Gymnastics Team)” (2020) The final installment in this fascinating…
Bess Krugman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 5: Abuse and Healing in Women’s Gymnastics)” (2020) A major theme of “Defying…
Bess Krugman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 4: Unlocking Gymnastics’ Most Powerful Event: The Vault)” (September 2020) Compared to previous…
Bess Kargman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 2: Uneven Bars – The Closest Thing to Flying)” (September 2020) Of the…
Bess Kargman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 1: How Gymnasts Find Their Voice on the Floor)” (September 2020) As the…
Bess Kargman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 3: The Aggressive Mentality of Balance Beam)” (September 2020) In spite of the…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films, Multi-media Presentations
“Can the Chinese Communist Party Rule for Another 100 Years?” (Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong, 29 June 2021) On the eve of the centenary of the…
Josh Greenbaum, “Becoming Bond” (2017) Part-fictional comedy re-enactment, part-biography, this is a very affable review of Australian actor George Lazenby’s early life up to and including…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films, South African Films
“China / Africa Big Business (Episode 4: Moving Africa)” (ENDEVR, 2013) Fourth instalment in a series of documentaries investigating examples of Chinese industrial investment in Africa,…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films, South African Films
“China / Africa Big Business (Episode 4: Doctors for Africa)” (ENDEVR, 2013) A very good episode in the “China / Africa Big Business” series from the…