A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Martin Scorsese, “What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?” (1963) Martin Scorsese, “The Big Shave” (1967) Two hilarious short films from Martin…
Olly Bootle, “Are We Still Evolving?” (2011) UK anthropologist Alice Roberts presents this BBC Horizon documentary investigating whether humans have stopped evolving as a result of…
Martin Scorsese, “It’s Not Just You, Murray!” (1964) Made by Scorsese as a film student at New York University under the tutelage of Haig Manoogian, this…
Koji Yamamura, “Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor / Franz Kafka: Ein Landartz / Kafuka: Inaka Isha” (2007) Excellent if rather visually grotesque animated short film based…
Zdenek Miler, “Little Mole in the City / Der Maulwurf kommt in die Stadt / Kiskavond a varosban / Kurmiukas mieste” (1982) Another charming half-hour adventure…
Zdenek Miler, “The Mole and the Eagle / Kiskavond es a sas” (1992) Yet another delightful episode from the Little Mole / Krtecek series and moreover…
Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (2012) Can’t be very many films where the main characters are played by a very young girl and a…
Zdenek Miler, “The Mole and the Medicine / Krtek a medicina / Kiskavond es a gyogyszer” (1987) Found on Youtube under its Hungarian title, this episode…
Peter Leonard, “How to make Better Decisions” (2007) At least I made one good decision to watch this BBC Horizon documentary so I’m already on the…
Nicola Cook, “How to Commit the Perfect Murder” (2007) The notion that a criminal could carry out the perfect murder – as in one that can’t…