A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Australian and New Zealand Films
John Hillcoat, “The Proposition” (2005) A gritty and visually stunning film essay on the combined effect of nineteenth-century British imperialism and Victorian mores, colonialism and a…
Australian and New Zealand Films
“Sharia Money (Episode 2: the Price of Paradise)” (2011) In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and people’s realisation that the global finance industry,…
Robert Stark, “The Stark Truth: Interview with Anatoly Karlin” (Voice of Reason, 4 May 2012) I’ve been visiting Russian-American political analyst Anatoly Karlin’s blogs Sublime Oblivion, AKarlin.com…
Julian Assange, “The World Tomorrow (Episode 6: Rafael Correa)” (Russia Today, 22 May 2012) Halfway through the series, Assange must have read my mind telepathically as…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 6: Robert Heinlein)” (2011) After a few episodes of worthy yet not very controversial science fiction writers, this series now switches to…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Anna Cater and Safina Uberoi, “Outsourced!” (2006) An interesting and pleasant personalised film revolving around eight call-centre workers in India and Australia, “Outsourced!” examines the effect…
Larry Charles, “The Dictator” (2012) I confess I saw this latest Sacha Baron Cohen film to see how offensive and tasteless it is. Truly dictatorial “The Dictator” is,…
Julian Assange, “The World Tomorrow (Episode 5: Moazzam Begg, Asim Qureshi)” (Russia Today, 15 May 2012) At last Julian Assange gets a real cosy conversation with both…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 5: Isaac Asimov)” (2011) Curiously in this episode on American SF writer Isaac Asimov, none of his really major…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 1: Mary Shelley)” (2011) This episode revolves around Mary Godwin-Shelley’s famous novel “Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus” and the…