Hillary (Episode 1: The Golden Girl): early years of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s life receive glowing treatment
Nannette Burstein, “Hillary (Episode 1: The Golden Girl)” (2020) Ostensibly a four-part series on the
The Strange Tale of the SS Mayaguez: an example of US military arrogance and bungling resulting in needless tragedy
Carlton Meyer, “The Strange Tale of the SS Mayaguez” (Tales of the American Empire, 4
The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 4): manipulative propaganda posing as maudlin soap opera
Saul Dibb, “The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 4)” (2020) The tedium finally comes to an end
The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 3): more overwrought schlock drama
Saul Dibb, “The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 3)” (2020) In this episode, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey
The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 2): cheap TV drama populated by cast of cardboard stereotypes
Saul Dibb, “The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 2)” (2020) Part 2 of this dreary mini-series purporting
The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 1): British propaganda at its most excruciatingly atrocious
Saul Dibb, “The Salisbury Poisonings (Part 1)” (2020) As an example of British propaganda targeting
Eastern European Films | North American Films
The 2014 American Coup in Ukraine: textbook example of how the US invades and makes over other nations
Carlton Meyer, “The 2014 American Coup in Ukraine” (Tales of the American Empire, 21 August
Australian and New Zealand Films
Nullarbor: laconic little road movie on the need to work together
Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, “Nullarbor” (2011) Across the longest stretch of straight road through the
Los Angeles 1991: a common humanity emphasised in an almighty shootout
Miguel de Olaso, Macgregor, Bruno Zacarias, “Los Angeles 1991” (2015) The tale seems contrived and
Latin American Films (Spanish language) | North American Films
La Carnada: one boy’s road to Hell paved with love and concern in a spider web of exploitation
Josh Soskin, “La Carnada” (2014) In a poverty-stricken town in Mexico not far from the