A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Andrey Zviagintsev, “Elena” (2011) A stylistically beautiful yet minimal film about class, alienation and the moral and spiritual emptiness of materialism in a country as much…
Terry Jones and Rob Coldstream, “Terry Jones’ Barbarians (Episode 2: The Savage Goths)” (2006) Drolly narrated by Terry Jones, he of the Monty Python’s Flying Circus…
Robert Stark, “The Stark Truth: Interview with Benjamin Noyles” (Voice of Reason, 15 June 2012) Ah, that Robert Stack, how I love him, fearlessly striding into…
Julian Assange, “The World Tomorrow (Episode 10: Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali)” (Russia Today, 26 June 2012) Here is a really disappointing choice of interviewees: Noam Chomsky…
Mike Sheerin, “Changing Your Mind (The Nature of Things)” (2010) Hosted by David Suzuki, “Changing Your Mind” is an episode from the long-running science documentary “The…
Alfred Hitchcock, “Family Plot” (1976) Considering that the famous British director was in bad health when he made this film, I find “Family Plot” to be a…
Julian Assange, “The World Tomorrow (Episode 9: Imran Khan)” (Russia Today, 19 June 2012) For his next episode, Julian Assange springs a real surprise by interviewing…
Jeremy Hopper, “Nine Meals Away from Anarchy” (2012) Uploaded to Youtube early in 2012, this is an interesting if simply made documentary about the fragility of…
Robert Stark, “The Stark Truth: Interview with Ellen Brown” (Voice of Reason, 1 June 2012) I’ve come across Ellen Brown’s “Web of Debt” website before and am…
Julian Assange, “The World Tomorrow (Episode 8: Cypherpunks – Part 2)” (Russia Today, 12 June 2012) Continuing his discussion with Cypherpunks Andy Müller-Maguhn, Jérémie Zimmermann and…