All Watched Over … (Episode 3: The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey): falling apart under its own shaky premise
Adam Curtis, “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Episode 3: The Monkey in
A portrait of cultural fascism through one individual’s exploitation in “Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story”
Todd Haynes, “Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story” (1987) Using Barbie and Ken dolls to play
French and French-language Films
The Tenant: psychological study of alienation, self-repression and loss of identity and control
Roman Polanski, “The Tenant” / “Le Locataire” (1976) A very good psychological study of a young man,
Australian and New Zealand Films
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello: beautiful layered Gothic steampunk film steers viewers into a heart of darkness
Anthony Lucas, “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” (2004) A nominee for a Best
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Episode 2: The Uses and Abuses of Vegetational Concepts): plausible premise founders on definitions and little historical perspective
Adam Curtis, “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Episode 2: The Uses and
The American Dream (by The Provocateur Network): informative if biased documentary on money and American banking
Tad Lumpkin and Harold Uhl / The Provocateur Network “The American Dream” (2010?) This is a
Experiments in the Revival of Organisms: Soviet science propaganda film blandly ignores a horrifying truth
D I Yashin, “Experiments in the Revival of Organisms” (1940) A curious short documentary from
The Mark of Cain (dir. Alix Lambert): excellent documentary on prisons and prison life in Russia
Alix Lambert, “The Mark of Caïn” (2000) Ostensibly a film about the declining custom of
Young and Innocent: a girl finds truth and wisdom through deception in light-hearted crime thriller comedy
Alfred Hitchcock, “Young and Innocent” (1938) A plucky teenage girl aids a young man on
Tabloid: entertaining portrait of an eccentric obsessive doesn’t delve deeply into media culture and social values
Errol Morris, “Tabloid” (2010) Errol Morris’s documentaries fall into two camps: a serious one (“Fog