A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Latin American Films (Spanish language)
Ciro Guerra, “The Embrace of the Serpent / El Abrazo de la Serpiente” (2015) Filmed on location in the Amazon rainforest region, this remarkable film features…
Alfred Hitchcock, “Dial M for Murder” (1953) A clever and witty murder mystery with fine acting and sparkling dialogue, “Dial M for Murder” is a highly…
Sam Lim and Bruce Timm, “Batman: the Killing Joke” (2016) That “Batman: the Killing Joke” has lasted nearly 30 years as a milestone in the history…
Alfred Hitchcock, “Under Capricorn” (1949) Set in the early days of the British colony of Sydney in Australia, “Under Capricorn” turns out to be an intense…
Akira Kurosawa, “I Live in Fear” (1955) I must admit to not being very impressed with this film: it seems like an over-long and overwrought soap…
Matt the White Rabbit, “AntiRacist Hitler” (2013) A subversive animation short satirising open-borders immigration policies and multiculturalist agendas in Western countries, most of which also hypocritically…
Italian and Italian-language Films
Bruno Bozzetto, “Allegro Non Troppo” (1976) A spoof of and tribute to Walt Disney’s famous “Fantasia” film, “Allegro Non Troppo” is noteworthy mainly for its six…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Dylan McDonald, “Buckskin” (2013) A young teacher and sometime Australian Rules football player called Jack Buckskin is one of a very tiny number of people who can…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Kelrick Martin, “Prison Songs” (2015) Billed as Australia’s first musical documentary, and probably the first of its kind to be set in a prison, “Prison Songs” is…
Dony Permedi, “Pony” (2006) “Pony” is a short animated film made by Permedi as an undergraduate college project with the subversions of everyday life and student…