A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, “Blue Cat Blues” (1956) With dark themes of depression, substance abuse and suicide, this Tom and Jerry cartoon demonstrates that these lovable…
Dave Fleischer, “Swing You Sinners!” (1930) A bizarre little cartoon short, filled with the most startling surreal imagery and mobile rubber-limbed characters typical of cartoons in…
Latin American Films (Spanish language), North American Films
Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal, “The Grayzone meets Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro” (The Grayzone Project, August 2019) Filmed by fellow Grayzone journalist colleague Ben Norton, Max…
Tom Barbor-Might, “Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail” (2013) Of the mish-mash of strange and bizarre ideas, beliefs, pseudo-science and superstitions that were subsumed into Nazi…
Ian Barber, “Father Brown (Episode 29: The Truth in the Wine)” (2015) Being laid up with flu recently restricted me to watching re-runs of old TV…
Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja, “Aniara” (2018) An ambitious project to bring a poem by the Swedish poet / author / former sailor Harry Martinson (who co-won…
Northern European Films, Russian and Soviet Films
Yana Yerlashova, “MH17 – Call for Justice” (Bonanza Media, July 2019) Five years after the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 passenger jet was shot down in eastern…
Penny Lane, “Hail Satan?” (2019) Funny and serious at the same time, tight and well made with plenty of information on the history of religious freedom…
James Corbett, “The Corbett Report (Episode 359: The Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Know)” (July 2019) Dense with information, presented…
Bong Joonho, “Parasite / Gisaengchung” (2019) A stinging attack on capitalism in South Korean society and its effects on people’s thinking and actions, “Parasite” pits two…