A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Eastern European Films, North American Films
Carlton Meyer, “The 2014 American Coup in Ukraine” (Tales of the American Empire, 21 August 2020) A very timely release in Carlton Meyer’s Tales of the…
Miguel de Olaso, Macgregor, Bruno Zacarias, “Los Angeles 1991” (2015) The tale seems contrived and some suspension of disbelief may be required but essentially this taut…
Latin American Films (Spanish language), North American Films
Josh Soskin, “La Carnada” (2014) In a poverty-stricken town in Mexico not far from the border with the United States, 13-year-old Manny (Angel Soto Jr) is…
Tamar Glezerman, “Fill Your Heart with French Fries” (2016) Based on an actual incident in China, in which a woman jilted by her boyfriend ended up…
Courtenay Johnson, “Last Requests” (2017) A sombre character study of a prison worker on her last day in a program that supplies last-request meals to death…
Carlton Meyer, “The Incident at Benghazi” (31 July 2020) As short reports go, this one on the lynching death of US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens…
Carlton Meyer, “The American Annexation of Okinawa” (Tales of the American Empire, 24 July 2020) In a little over ten minutes, this documentary presents a good…
Carlton Meyer, “The False Tale of Killing Osama bin Laden” (Tales of the American Empire, 13 February 2020) This short documentary makes a succinct case for…
Carlton Meyer, “Protecting the American Opium Empire” (Tales of the American Empire, 9 July 2020) For an 11-minute video, this is perhaps a little too far-ranging…
North American Films, Southeast Asian Films
Carlton Meyer, “The American Military Retreat from Vietnam” (Tales of the American Empire, 19 June 2020) This video serves mainly as a retelling of the significant…