Under Southern Eyes – Page 87 – A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.

District 9: sharp social and political satire buried under a sketchy action thriller plot

Neil Blomkamp, “District 9” (2009) The inspiration for this science fiction film arises from a

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Riho Unt and Hardi Volmer, “Sõda” (1987) It has the look of a political satire

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Riho Unt, “Kapsapea / A Cabbage” (1993) A stop-animation parody of action adventure films like

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John Pilger, “Why the Rise of Fascism is Again the Issue”, JohnPilger.com (26 February 2015)

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Zachary Maxwell, “Yuck! A 4th Grader’s Short Documentary about School Lunch” (2012) Here comes wisdom

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Joshua Oppenheimer, “The Look of Silence” (2014) A companion piece to Oppenheimer’s earlier documentary “The

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Larissa Behrendt, “Under Skin, In Blood” (2015) Ryan Griffen, “You Turn” (2015) Kelrick Martin, “Karroyul”

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Andrew Lachman, “Michael Mosley: The Truth About Meat” (2014) Second in a series of documentaries

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Ingmar Bergman, “The Virgin Spring / Jungfrukällan” (1960) Perhaps not so celebrated as “The Seventh

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Alex Garland, “Ex_Machina” (2015) At first glance, Alex Garland’s directorial debut flim “Ex Machina” looks

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