A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Sara Nason, “Abandon the Knife” (2011) This documentary on female genital mutilation will always be topical as long as the practice and the social and economic conditions that…
“The World Tomorrow (Episode 3: Moncef Marzouki)” (Russia Today, 1 May 2012) In this episode, Julian Assange interviews Moncef Marzouki, the President of Tunisia and a…
Kihachiro Kawamoto “Tabi (The Trip)” (1973) Very striking little animation piece, reminiscent of an extended Monty Python cartoon piece, “The Trip” looks quite simple and has…
Declan Whitebloom, “Prophets of Science Fiction (Episode 2: Philip K Dick)” (2011) Philip K Dick is one of my favourite writers, though more for the 1950s…
Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” (1986) In the wake of news that British heavy metal band Judas Priest will cease touring and will be in…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Max Bourke, “I Can Change Your Mind About Climate” (2012) It seemed like a good idea at the time: take two people with sharply opposed views…
“The World Tomorrow (Episode 2: David Horowitz and Slavoj Zizek)” (Russia Today, 24 April 2012) For this episode, interviewer Julian Assange brought together two opposed public intellectuals,…
Samuel Hobkinson, “The Romantics (Episode 1: Liberty)” (2005) This episode introduces the political and cultural background to the explosion of English Romanticist literature in the late…
Samuel Hobkinson, “The Romantics (Episode 3: Eternity)” (2005) Visually striking installment in the BBC documentary “The Romantics” which traces the work and biographies of significant literary…
“The World Tomorrow (Episode 1: Hassan Nasrallah)” (Russia Today, 18 April 2012) First in a series of 12 interviews conducted by Wikileaks dissident Julian Assange and…