Treasures Decoded (Season 4, Episode 6: Shrunken Heads): phenomenon of shrunken heads hides a history of cultural exploitation and degradation
Peter Crystal, “Treasures Decoded (Season 4, Episode 6: Shrunken Heads)” (2017) Shrunken human heads are
Tag: Horror
The Mummy (directed by Alex Kurtzman): action thriller / horror film with no horror, few thrills and silly action
Alex Kurtzman, “The Mummy” (2017) Somewhere in this hokey action blockbuster film is a story
Mash-up of all previous Alien franchise flicks delivers an uneven story in “Alien: Covenant”
Ridley Scott, “Alien: Covenant” (2017) British director Ridley Scott must have taken all the criticisms
Get Out: social criticism and philosophical inquiry in amongst a bizarre plot and interracial politics
Jordan Peele, “Get Out” (2017) Jordan Peele’s comedy horror film, his first as a director,
Compliance: sneering at naive workers exploited by a culture that treats them as robots and brutes
Craig Zobel, “Compliance” (2012) Based on a series of incidents over a decade from the
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
Raise the Red Lantern: criticising the abuse of power by those tasked with upholding tradition
Zhang Yimou, “Raise the Red Lantern” (1991) This is a beautiful film of minimal, even
Spring: character study on renewal through love and connections, and beating back monsters
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, “Spring” (2014) A rather long and thin character study romance
Night of the Living Dead: cult horror classic is a character study and commentary on American society
George A Romero, “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) Made on a minuscule budget, George
The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover: a parable on the decline and fall of neoliberal British society and culture
Peter Greenaway, “The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover” (1989) Straight away viewers
In the Realm of the Senses: two lovers pursuing happiness and freedom in a repressive society
Nagisa Oshima, “Ai no korida / In the Realm of the Senses” (1976) Forty years