A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
“Living in the Golden Age of Fact-Checking” (ReallyGraceful, July 2020) In an age awash with global news / information media disinformation, coupled with the increasing denigration…
Garrett Ryan, “The Lost Greek Cities of Central Asia” (Told in Stone, 4 September 2021) In light of current events in Afghanistan, with the Taliban reasserting…
“Navalny: Fake Poisoning (Part 1: The Patient)” (Soloviev LIVE / Vesti News, 24 August 2021) Presented by Alexander Sosnovsky and Sergei Karnaukhov, this very smooth and…
Carlton Meyer, “The Chaotic Fall of Kabul in 2021” (Tales of the American Empire, 20 August 2021) Using past and current news videos of the US…
Jack Felling “Karolyi” (NBC Sports, 2016) Here is a very slickly produced documentary made for the NBC television network as part of a series of sports…
Carlton Meyer, “The American Retreat from Vietnam” (Tales of the American Empire, 2020) In the wake of the American retreat from Afghanistan in August 2021, the…
Bess Krugman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 6: Building a World-Class Gymnastics Team)” (2020) The final installment in this fascinating…
Bess Krugman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 5: Abuse and Healing in Women’s Gymnastics)” (2020) A major theme of “Defying…
Bess Krugman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 4: Unlocking Gymnastics’ Most Powerful Event: The Vault)” (September 2020) Compared to previous…
Bess Kargman, Lucy Walker, “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (Episode 2: Uneven Bars – The Closest Thing to Flying)” (September 2020) Of the…