A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Neil Ferguson, “Michael Palin in North Korea (Episode 2)” (2018) In this second and final episode, Michael Palin ventures outside Pyongyang to spend a few days…
Neil Ferguson, “Michael Palin in North Korea (Episode 1)” (2018) At least two years in the making, this 2-part travel documentary follows comedian / world traveller…
British Films, Eastern European Films
“Abandoned Soviet Fairground Ride in Transnistria” (Bald and Bankrupt, 2019) During his travels in Moldova in early 2019, the English vlogger known as Bald and Bankrupt…
British Films, Eastern European Films
“Abandoned Europe / Road to Ratus” (Bald and Bankrupt, April 2019) “Could be awesome, could be shit” … well, going to Ratus couldn’t be any worse…
British Films, Eastern European Films
“Nobody Visits This Country … Find Out Why” (Bald and Bankrupt, April 2019) Bald and Bankrupt is the nom de plume of an English traveller who…
British Films, French and French-language Films
Rupert Everett, “The Happy Prince” (2018) A labour of love, of much research over the years on the life and work of Irish-British writer Oscar Wilde,…
Aaron Bastani, Gary McQuiggin, “The Coup in Venezuela, Explained” (Novara Media, 2019) Here comes a very timely report on the recent history of Venezuela’s politics and…
British Films, Multi-media Presentations
Ben Griffin, “The Making of a Modern British Soldier” (Veterans for Peace UK, October 2015) All you see in this video uploaded to Youtube is a…
Clayton Swisher, “The Lobby (Episode 4: The Takedown)” (Al Jazeera, 2017) In the last episode of Qatar TV station Al Jazeera’s series on Israeli infiltration of…
Clayton Swisher, “The Lobby (Episode 3: An Anti-Semite Trope)” (Al Jazeera, 2017) In this third episode of the four-part series focusing on the Israeli government’s infiltration…