A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Charles Crichton, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 9: The Correct Way to Kill)” (1967) Soviet agents are being cut down almost as soon as they arrive…
Robert Day, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 17: The Return of the Cybernauts)” (1967) One of the more openly science fiction episodes in this season of…
T Hayes Hunter, “The Ghoul” (1933) I had never heard of this film before and stumbled on it while looking for something else on Youtube. Boris…
John Krish, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 3: Escape in Time)” (1967) A particularly memorable episode, “Escape in Time” is premised on the theme of time…
Robert Day, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 1: From Venus with Love)” (1967) This season of the famous British TV show features several episodes with science…
Gordon Flemyng, “The Avengers (Season 5, Episode 2: The Fear Merchants)” (1967) Even though I was a tiny bairn when “The Avengers” was first broadcast on…
Dave Dahl, “Skywatcher” (2012) Here’s an intriguing documentary that offers an alternative explanation for climate change that should have us all re-thinking that overseas holiday we…
Ivar Berglin and Peter Beste, “True Norwegian Black Metal” (Vice, 2007) Despite the title, this short documentary is a brief travel guide into the world of…
Alastair Laurence, “Faster, Higher, Stronger (Episode 2)” (2012) Part of a BBC TV series on various Olympic Games sports and the most prominent people and landmark…
French and French-language Films
Jean Vigo, “À propos de Nice” (1930) Posing as “a day in the life” travelogue of the French city of Nice, Vigo’s documentary short is a…