A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
German and German-language Films
Kurt Bernhardt, “The Tunnel / Der Tunnel” (1933) Based on the eponymous 1913 novel by Bernard Kellerman and itself a second adaptation of the novel –…
German and German-language Films
Hans Werckmeister, “Algol, Tragedy of Power / Algol, Tragödie der Macht” (1920) A wonderful science fiction movie from the era of German Expressionist classics like “The…
Maurice Elvey, “The Transatlantic Tunnel” (1935) A visually handsome if very flawed science fiction film, “The Transatlantic Tunnel” is one of three films made in the…
Arkadi Sirenko, “The Temptation of B / Iskushenie B” (1990) A curious film, one of the last made in the Soviet Union before its downfall in…
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – Fear and Faith (Part 2)” (2012) In this second episode of “Fear and Faith”, UK hypnotist / skeptic…
Derren Brown and Simon Dinsell, “Derren Brown – Fear and Faith (Part 1)” (2012) In this two-part series, UK hypnotist and skeptic Derren Brown investigates the…
Aleksandr Andriyevsky, “Gibel’ Sensatsii / Loss of Feeling” (1935) A very handsome-looking film made in 1935, “Gibel’ Sensatsii” is sometimes also known as “The Robots of…
Lev Kuleshov, “The Death Ray / Luch Smerti” (1925) A silent Soviet action thriller that starts with a workers’ revolt in a factory which is crushed…
“Tea and Conversation with David Lyons: Black Tea” at The Tea Centre, Sydney, 10 November 2012 After that talk on green tea back in September, I was…
Derren Brown and Benjamin Caron, “Derren Brown – The Heist” (2006) Under the pretence of training a group of middle-level managers in a corporate workshop on…