A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Prairie Public Television, “The Bank of North Dakota” (2005) In an age in which large private banks have a stranglehold over governments and economies, and by…
Italian and Italian-language Films
Michele Botticelli, “At the Mountains of Madness” (2011) With the release of Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” in 2012 and Guillermo del Toro’s resumption of the movie project…
Lindsay Harris and Stuart Leach, “Unearthed” (2011) On the edge of the known universe, a mining spacecraft The Ezekiel discovers an uncharted barren planet that may…
German and German-language Films, North American Films
Ryan Nagata, “1945A” (2010) Carl Erik Rinsch, “The Gift” (2010) Kaleb Lechowski, “R-Ha” (2012) These films have a few things in common: they’re very short science…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Nada Roude, “In the Footsteps of the Ancestors – Muslims Down Under” (2009) A little known timeline of Australian history extends further back than 1788 when…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Jacob Hickey, “Dirty Business: How Mining made Australia (Episode 3)” (2012) Final and best episode in a three-part series, this documentary examines the mostly unhappy relationship…
J Robinson (Noisey / VICE) “One Man Metal” (2012) An interesting if bare-bones three-part documentary, this film looks at three one-man black metal acts: Leviathan, Striborg…
Irving Moore, “The Wild, Wild West (Season 2, Episode 20: Night of the Vicious Valentine)” (1966) This episode is notable for winning the series its only…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Jacob Hickey, “Dirty Business: How Mining made Australia (Episode 2)” (2012) In this second episode of the three-part series, the focus is on the mining industry’s…
Sacha Gervasi, “Hitchcock” (2012) Fifty years after Alfred Hitchcock released his film “Psycho”, both director and movie alike remain subjects of fascination for many people throughout…