A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” (2018) Filmed as a blaxsploitation-styled comedy drama, this work revolves around a real scenario in which a black American police officer in Colorado…
Satoshi Kon, “Tokyo Godfathers” (2003) No, this ain’t no cult yakuza film – though yakuza types do appear for a short while – but instead this…
Nima Sarvestani, “Those Who Said No” (2015) A very polished film, complete with stereotypical mournful droning music in parts, this Iranian / Swedish documentary follows proceedings…
Tim Wardle, “Three Identical Strangers” (2018) That a set of triplets should be separated at birth and farmed out to three different families, each representing a…
Guy Hamilton, “Evil under the Sun” (1981) Even when he’s holidaying in an apparently perfect little Mediterranean paradise where the sky is always celestial blue and…
Matthew Pollock, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 2: Adam Ruins Weight Loss)” (2017) A very timely episode in the second season of the educational comedy…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Colin Eggleston, “Innocent Prey” (1983) Maybe the problem is her southern Texan drawl or the overly bouffant permed hair but Cathy (P J Soles) does seem…
Ziad Doueiri, “The Insult” (2018) On one level, this Lebanese film illustrates the power of an utterance to inflame hidden animosities and escalate them (in a…
Matthew Pollock, “Adam Ruins Everything (Season 2, Episode 1: Adam Ruins Pregnancy)” (2017) Appropriately for a first episode of a new season, the topic covered is…
Australian and New Zealand Films
James Bogle, “Kadaicha” (1988) From the early 1970s to the late 1980s, thanks to increased Federal government investment in the Australian film industry, there was truly…