A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
British Films, North American Films
Keith and David Lynch, “Zero” (2019) In a post-apocalyptic world, when robots and humans have fought each other almost to the death in a long drawn-out…
John Humber, “Jameson” (2018) A man living an apparently secluded life off the grid in a cabin he built himself in the middle of a deep…
Keith Adams, “ChromoPHOBIA” (2019) Based on a short story by B Evenson, this dark horror fiction short focuses on mental illness and its treatment, and unconscious…
Vladimir Putin’s Presidential Speech to the Russian Federal Assembly (15 January 2020) Under Article 84 of the Russian Constitution, the Russian President is required to give…
Jay Roach, “Bombshell” (2019) The plot is very basic enough: a female television personality employee at Fox News is sacked by the big boss for questionable…
Chloe Okuno, “Slut” (2014) Set in the 1970s, this cheesy morality tale is a meeting of Little Red Riding Hood and Southern US small-town Gothica in…
Constance Tsang, “Carnivore” (2018) Elegant in style and minimalist and understated in its narrative, this is a very wry satire on the culture of the cut-throat…
Ben Rock, “Future Boyfriend” (2016) Adapted from a play written by A Vincent Ularich for a science fiction theatre festival, of which its full-length romantic comedy…
Ben Feldman, “Psychosis” (2019) The shorter of two films based on the short story of the same name by Matt Dymerski posted to the short horror…
Zach Strauss, “Bad Peter” (2017) At first rather amusing but then quickly becoming sinister and horrific, this nine-minute short presents smart-home artificial intelligence (AI) as an…