A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Chinese and Chinese-language Films, Japanese Films
“What Eating the Rich did for Japan” (Asianometry, October 2021) In this mini-documentary on the Asianometry Youtube channel, the history of the zaibatsu – the huge…
French and French-language Films
Alex Chauvet, Anna Le Danois, Quentin Foulon, Fabien Glasse, Juliette Jean, Julie Narat, “Résistance” (2016) Made by student animators, this short video plays like a parable…
Gonzalo Lira, “Ukraine and the Gell Mann Effect” (13 May 2022) In this video, Chilean-American vlogger Gonzalo Lira discusses the so-called Gell Mann effect in relation…
Gonzalo Lira, “Australia is The Next Ukraine” (10 May 2022) In this video, Chilean-American vlogger Gonzalo Lira explains how Australia is being manipulated by the United…
Gonzalo Lira, “Poland Will Take a Bite out of Ukraine” (8 May 2022) One little-known piece of news coming out of Russia’s current Special Military Operation…
Carlton Meyer, “King Woodrow’s Wilsonian Armenia” (Tales of the American Empire, 29 April 2022) Among the many follies of past US President Woodrow Wilson (who served…
Jason Sheedy, “Checkpoint” (2021) Here comes a 10-minute number that initially looks like a virtual reality game being played by several avatars of the same player…
Latin American Films (Spanish language), North American Films
Fernando Campos and Jaime Jasso, “El Camino” (2020) A well made and visually gorgeous film, “El Camino” happens to be the culmination of five years of…
Matt Westrup, “The Gate” (2011) Deriving its title from a couple of lines in the seventh chapter in the Book of Matthew in the Bible (“……
Essays, Multi-media Presentations
Gonzalo Lira, “A Recap of the War in Ukraine” (Twitter, 26 April 2022) For those people confused by the sudden invasion of Russian forces into Ukraine…