A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
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…
Italian and Italian-language Films
Edoardo Maria Falcone, “God Willing / Se Dio Vuole” (2015) A gentle slapstick comedy, Falcone’s “Se Dio Vuole” won its director top directing honours in Italy’s…
Martin Scorsese, “New York, New York” (1977) One of Martin Scorsese’s most under-rated films, in my opinion, and in many ways an experimental and even surreal…
Charlie Chaplin, “Modern Times” (1936) In its own way, “Modern Times” is significant as an example of how one actor / director adapted his style from…