Hard Reset: a predictable and tired short film on human and AI relations in a future materialist society
Deepak Chetty, “Hard Reset” (2016) The premise and the plot are predictable and rather tired,
Tag: American Independent Films
Unregistered: living authentically versus living a comfortable but insecure lie
Sophia Banks, “Unregistered” (2018) This short film commenting on the treatment of undocumented immigrants in
Australian and New Zealand Films | North American Films
The American Colony of Australia: how a master-slave relationship came into being
Carlton Meyer, “The American Colony of Australia” (Tales of the American Empire, 19 February 2021)
Alone: drama and emotion in a tiny space-pod
William Hellmuth, “Alone” (2020) A moving film about connection – and about how so strong
Flyby: an ingenious but weak film on time literally slipping away
Jesse Mittelstadt, “Flyby” (2019) In its own way this film can be considered a horror
Korean Films | North American Films
Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in South Korea: how South Korea and the US use North Korean defectors as propaganda tools
David Yun, “Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in South Korea” (2018) Made by then UCLA undergraduate
The Empire’s 2016 Coup in Turkey: an entree into the history of fraught relations between two NATO allies
Carlton Meyer, “The Empire’s 2016 Coup in Turkey” (Tales of the American Empire, 22 January
Tribes: fast, witty lesson on identity politics as tool of control
Nino Aldi, “Tribes” (2020) In societies obsessed with categorising people on the basis of arbitrary
The Colonization of Haiti in 1915: Haiti as prototype for US occupation and treatment of other nations in the post-9/11 period
Carlton Meyer, “The Colonization of Haiti in 1915” (Tales of the American Empire, 11 December
The Covert War on Syria: how the West cynically wages war indirectly against nations targeted for regime change
Carlton Meyer, “The Covert War on Syria” (Tales of the American Empire, 27 November 2020)