A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Reviews of films from the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales).
Samuel Hobkinson, “The Romantics (Episode 3: Eternity)” (2005) Visually striking installment in the BBC documentary “The Romantics” which traces the work and biographies of significant literary…
Samuel Hobkinson, “The Romantics (Episode 2: Nature)” (2005) While searching for a Czech documentary “Zdroj” (“The Source”) on Youtube and not finding it there – it…
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, “28 Weeks Later” (2007) On paper it looked like a good idea: a sequel to the original zombies-on-the-run flick “28 Days Later” by…
Pansu Kim, “Sleep Tight My Baby” (2001) Very devastating film about a teenage girl trapped with a baby and quarrelling parents filmed in one continuous take; much…
Adam Curtis, “The Century of the Self (Episode 4: Eight People sipping Wine in Kettering)” (2002) Final episode in this 4-part documentary series brings the penetration…
Adam Curtis, “The Century of the Self (Episode 3: There is a Policeman inside all Our Heads – He must be Destroyed)” (2002) The third installment in Curtis’s…
Adam Curtis, “The Century of the Self (Episode 2: The Engineering of Consent)” (2002) This episode continues Curtis’s investigation of the ways in which Freudian psychoanalysis…
Ralph Fiennes, “Coriolanus” (2011) When I was 28 years of age, a mysterious Shakespeare-reading frenzy seized me and before I knew what I was doing, I had…
Adam Curtis, “The Century of the Self (Episode 1: Happiness Machines)” (2002) Finally after much nagging by a friend in London, I got around to watching…
Annabel Gillings, “Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?” (2011) Eminently likeable scientist-presenter Jim al-Khalili goes on a trip to Fukushima – the infamous site where three nuclear reactors suffered…