A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Julie Taymor, “Frida” (2001) A very pretty and colourful film on the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954), “Frida” plays the artist’s life…
British Films, North American Films
Christopher Nolan, “The Prestige” (2006) Rather fussy if good-looking film about duplicity and duplications, duelling and an all-consuming devotion to one’s art, “The Prestige” is a…
Stanley Kubrick, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb” (1964) Notable as the film that features British actor Peter Sellers…
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012) Eight years after the events of “The Dark Knight”, Gotham City enjoys peace thanks to the Dent Act, named…
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…
Alfred Hitchcock, “Family Plot” (1976) Considering that the famous British director was in bad health when he made this film, I find “Family Plot” to be a…
Ridley Scott, “Prometheus” (2012) Originally conceived as a predecessor to “Alien” and its successor films, “Prometheus” is Ridley Scott’s attempt to answer questions left by his…
Clara and Julia Kuperberg, “Hollywood between Paranoia and Science Fiction” (2011) An entertaining and lightweight look at famous Hollywood science fiction films made since the early…
Alfred Hitchcock, “The Birds” (1963) Based on a 1952 short story by English writer Daphne du Maurier – one of Hitchcock’s favourite sources for film plots…
Larry Charles, “The Dictator” (2012) I confess I saw this latest Sacha Baron Cohen film to see how offensive and tasteless it is. Truly dictatorial “The Dictator” is,…