A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Adam Curtis, “The Century of the Self (Episode 1: Happiness Machines)” (2002) Finally after much nagging by a friend in London, I got around to watching…
Annabel Gillings, “Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?” (2011) Eminently likeable scientist-presenter Jim al-Khalili goes on a trip to Fukushima – the infamous site where three nuclear reactors suffered…
French and French-language Films
Walerian Borowczyk, “L’Amour Monstre de tous les temps: Portrait de Ljuba” (1977) Borowczyk gave up directing animation films in the late 1960s and turned to live-action…
Sadaf Foroughi, “Sara in 10 Minutes / Sara Dar Dah Daghighe-h” (2007) This is a charming documentary about a young orphan Sara, living in an orphanage…
Marina Zenovich, “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” (2009) On the surface this film is about Polish-French director Roman Polanski’s conviction for having sex with an underage…
Lesley Manning, “Ghostwatch” (1992) Subject of a post on Adam Curtis’s BBC blog, this BBC hoax drama is quite a laugh to watch. Hard to believe…
Sut Jhally and Bathsheba Ratzkoff, “Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land” (2003) This is a highly informative documentary on the role that the US media plays…
Adam Curtis, “It Felt Like A Kiss” (2009) A quirky visual montage of old newsreels and Hollywood films that documents a culturally transitional age in American…
Aaron Franz, “The Age of Transitions” (2008) Interesting documentaries about power and control of human societies seem to be falling into my lap like there are…
Adam Curtis, “The Trap – What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom? (Episode 3: We will Force You to be Free)” (2007) Part of Adam Curtis’s “The Trap…