A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Northern European Films, Russian and Soviet Films
Heino Pars, “Nael / The Nail” (1972) Droll little animation short “Nael” consists of four stories that illustrate aspects of life in Soviet Estonia in the 1970s using…
Middle Eastern Films, North American Films
Marcio E Gonçalves, “Rendering Lisa” (2010) Mehmet Can Koçak, “Perspective” (2011) Jesus Orellana, “Rosa” (2011) A homage to cyberpunk sci-fi writers William Gibson, Bruce Sterling and…
Reino Raamat, “Linn / City” (1988) Earnest and well-meaning, Raamat”s “Linn” is a moral tale of what happens when a town is overcome by industrialisation and…
Priit Pärn and Hille Kusk, “Aeg Maha / Time Out” (1984) “Aeg Maha” is animator Priit Pärn at his most defiantly surrealist best. The entire short…
Riho Unt and Hardi Volmer, “Nõiutud Saar (The Enchanted Island)” (1985) Another gem from Tallinnfilm studios and this time it’s a cute stop-motion animation short with…
Northern European Films, Russian and Soviet Films
Ando Keskküla, “Jänes (The Hare)” (1976) One of the trippiest animation films I have seen since starting this blog and I have seen a fair few,…
Priit Pärn, “Kolmnurk (The Triangle)” (1982) Yet another delightful animation short from this Estonian animator back in the 1980s and thankfully for a non-Estonian speaker like…
Northern European Films, Russian and Soviet Films
Priit Pärn and Hille Kuusk, “Eine Murul (Breakfast on the Grass)” (1987) Inspired by the Edouard Manet painting “Luncheon on the Grass”, this 25-minute short follows…
Rein Raamat and Kulno Luht, “Suur Tõll”(1980) In Estonian mythology Suur Tõll is a giant hero king who rules the island of Saaremaa off the coast…
Rein Raamat, “Põrgu (Hell)” (1983) While watching “Wax or the Discovery of Television among the Bees”, I noticed that Thronoi the Bear who had uploaded this…