A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
“Why is China Investing in the Balkans?” (VisualPolitik EN, 26 March 2018) VisualPolitik EN is a Youtube channel that posts short video clips on geopolitical and…
William Oldroyd, “Lady Macbeth” (2016) Adapted from Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 novel “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”, this character study investigates how an apparently demure young…
“Imperialism on Trial – Eva Bartlett” (London, 31 January 2018) Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett was invited to speak at an anti-war protest meeting in London about…
Val Guest, “The Quatermass Xperiment” (1955) Filmed well over 60 years ago (at this time of writing), this film of alien-human possession remains a timeless inspiration…
British Films, North American Films
Paul Thomas Anderson, “The Phantom Thread” (2017) If viewed as a comedy romance about a successful narcissist couturier who aspires to be part of the upper…
Ish and Daniel Renwick, “Failed By The State: The Struggle in the Shadow of Grenfell” (2017) How could it be that one of the wealthiest parts…
Charles Norton, “Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks” (animated version, 2016) Originally filmed in live action in 1966, this Doctor Who adventure was the first…
British Films, North American Films
Burr Steers, “Pride + Prejudice + Zombies” (2016) At long last, instead of yet another BBC TV series adaptation or British / Hollywood movie version of…
Maurice May, “BBC Panorama: What Facebook Knows About You” (2017) Half an hour for a documentary simply doesn’t do justice to the topic of what social…
British Films, North American Films
Simon Curtis, “Goodbye Christopher Robin” (2017) A film about English playwright / author A A Milne and the circumstances in which he was inspired to write…