Cabaret: fine performances undermined by weak plot and underdeveloped themes
Bob Fosse, “Cabaret” (1972) Loosely based on a Broadway play and a 1950s film which
French and French-language Films
Augustine: period drama struggles under weighty issues of psychology, women’s sexuality and misogyny
Alice Winocour, “Augustine” (2012) In the early years of the twentieth century in France, the
Sun, Sea & Satan: highly impassioned and uncompromising film exposing child abuse, political corruption and an unhealthy society
Bill Maloney, “Sun, Sea & Satan” (2008) A highly impassioned film on child abuse in
Night Fishing: delving into the world of Korean shamanism and spirituality with an Apple iPhone 4
Park Chan-kyong, Park Chan-wook, “Night Fishing / Paranmanjang” (2011) Filmed using an Apple iPhone4, this
Masters of Money (Episode 3:Marx): failing to challenge and question important economic and political issues
Will Yearsley, “Masters of Money (Episode 3:Marx)” (2012) The third and final episode of this
More to tiny houses than size in “Beyond Curb Appeal: Jay Shafer and the Politics of Tiny Houses”
George Packard, “Beyond Curb Appeal: Jay Shafer and the Politics of Tiny Houses” (2011) While
Casablanca: redemption is found in romantic war drama set in a sea of spies, intrigue, deception, rebels and fugitives
Michael Curtiz, “Casablanca” (1942) One of Hollywood’s finest gems, “Casablanca” initially presents as a romantic
Masters of Money (Episode 2: Hayek): a breathless race through the life and work of a defender of classical economics
Tristan Quinn, “Masters of Money (Episode 2: Hayek)” (2012) Using a mix of interviews with
The Day the Earth stood Still: strong and relevant theme and message still important to modern audiences
Robert Wise, “The Day the Earth stood Still” (1951) Yesterday a meteor and its debris
Matrix Revolutions: beneath pyrotechnics and stylistic posturing, a really very ordinary film stuck in a Hollywood matrix
Andy and Larry Wachowski, “Matrix Revolutions” (2003) Beneath layers of computer-generated pyrotechnics, film noir homage