A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Zdenek Miler, “Krtek a zapalky / The Mole and the Matchbox” (1974) Zdenek Miler, “Der Maulwurf und die Geburt / Krot i Rody” (1990s?) I can’t…
Dick Taylor, “Battle of the Brains” (2007) In this BBC documentary, seven people outstanding in their particular fields of endeavour are collected at Oxford Universiity and…
Diene Petterle, “How to Kill a Human Being” (2008) A rather curious BBC Horizon documentary this is, with former British Conservative politician Michael Portillo as guide,…
Alfred Hitchcock, “The Ring” (1927) An early triumph for the young Alfred Hitchcock, released in the same year as his better known “The Lodger: A Story…
Nigel Paterson, “The Ghost in Your Genes” An excellent BBC Horizon documentary, “The Ghost in Your Genes” is an investigation into a new area of genetics…
Alfred Hitchcock, “The Manxman” (1929) Last of Alfred Hitchcock’s true silent films, “The Manxman” is already straining at the limitations of the silent-film mode with its…
Zdenek Miler, “The Mole as a Chemist / The Mole as Painter / The Mole as Photographer / The Mole as Watchmaker” (1972 – 1975) By…
Alison Severs / Vice, “Krokodil: Siberia’s Tears” (2011) I stumbled across short video clips made by a documentary channel Vice News which specialises in a form…
Stanley Kubrick, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb” (1964) Notable as the film that features British actor Peter Sellers…
Emma Sutton, “Why are Thin People Not Fat” (2008) This BBC Horizon documentary revolves around an experiment in deliberately overfeeding a group of people for a…