A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Matt the White Rabbit, “AntiRacist Hitler” (2013) A subversive animation short satirising open-borders immigration policies and multiculturalist agendas in Western countries, most of which also hypocritically…
Dony Permedi, “Pony” (2006) “Pony” is a short animated film made by Permedi as an undergraduate college project with the subversions of everyday life and student…
Charles Haid, “Sally Hemings: An American Scandal” (2000) More notable for the performances of its lead actors Carmen Ejogo as Sally Hemings and Sam Neill as…
“Let Your Life Be A Friction To Stop The Machine” (Class War Films, 2012) It’s a modestly made film – just a series of linked visual…
Avi Lewis, “This Changes Everything” (2015) Billed as a film about climate change, this documentary essay based on Canadian journalist Naomi Klein’s eponymous book actually follows…
Stanley Kubrick, “The Seafarers” (1953) Stanley Kubrick’s first film made in colour turns out to be a 30-minute documentary promoting a trade union for crews of…
Zachary Maxwell, “Yuck! A 4th Grader’s Short Documentary about School Lunch” (2012) Here comes wisdom from the mouths of babes … in this case, 9-year-old Zachary…
German and German-language Films, North American Films
Wim Wenders, “Paris, Texas” (1984) One of American cinema’s finest yet under-appreciated treasures must surely be the unassuming actor Harry Dean Stanton whose acting career reached…
Alex Gibney, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (2005) A bit gimmicky in parts, especially in its transitions, but overall this documentary on the biggest…
German and German-language Films, North American Films
Maria Pia Mascaro, “Hollywood and The Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison / Marschbefehl für Hollywood” (2003) People may be surprised that the United States Department of Defense…