Mailer for Mayor: dull documentary of limited historical value
Dick Fontaine, “Mailer for Mayor” (1969) This BBC documentary was included in UK journalist /
Tag: History Documentaries
Heavy Metal Parking Lot: affectionate look at 1980s metal fans and an innocent world long gone
Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” (1986) In the wake of news that
The Romantics (Episode 1: Liberty): how revolution influenced English Romanticism
Samuel Hobkinson, “The Romantics (Episode 1: Liberty)” (2005) This episode introduces the political and cultural
The Romantics (Episode 3: Eternity): visually striking portrayal of four English Romantic poets
Samuel Hobkinson, “The Romantics (Episode 3: Eternity)” (2005) Visually striking installment in the BBC documentary
The Romantics (Episode 2: Nature): a visually beautiful film that ignores the dark side of the Romanticist legacy
Samuel Hobkinson, “The Romantics (Episode 2: Nature)” (2005) While searching for a Czech documentary “Zdroj”
Australian and New Zealand Films
Seduction in the City: the Birth of Shopping (Episode 2: A Modern Game): film could be sub-titled “A Mug’s Game”
Sally Aitken, “Seduction in the City: the Birth of Shopping (Episode 2: A Modern Game)”
Australian and New Zealand Films
Seduction in the City: the Birth of Shopping (Episode 1: A Genius Idea): how department stores both freed and enslaved women
Sally Aitken, “Seduction in the City: the Birth of Shopping (Episode 1: A Genius Idea)”
An exceedingly demeaning portrait of a significant feminist / anarchist figure in “Emma Goldman – An exceedingly dangerous woman”
Mel Bucklin, “Emma Goldman – An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman” (2003) This portrait of Emma Goldman,
Australian and New Zealand Films
Recipe for Murder: an entertaining look at thallium poisoning craze in society traumatised by post-war social changes
Sonia Bible, “Recipe for Murder” (2010) Contrary to what most people think about the 1950’s,