A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Christopher Wright, “Speaking with: Naomi Klein on Capitalism and Climate Change” (The Conversation, 4 September 2015) On the eve of her visit to Australia in late…
British Films, Russian and Soviet Films
George Galloway and Gayatri Pertiwi, “Sputnik: Orbiting the World with George Galloway (Episode 86)” (RT.com, August 2015) Perhaps the best thing that former UK Labour Party leader…
NewsAsia “Conversation with …” Interview with Sergei Lavrov (2015) For an example of an interviewee displaying grace under fire from a biased interviewer, I direct interested…
Yana Erlashova, Vitaly Biryukov, “MH17: A Year Without the Truth” (RT Documentary, 2014) On 17 July 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-17, carrying nearly 300 people, was shot…
Multi-media Presentations, Russian and Soviet Films
Kirill Kleymenov and Maria Sittel, “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” (RT.com, 16 April 2015) Every year since he has been President of Russia, and also when…
Laura Poitras, “Citizenfour” (2014) As both fly-on-the-wall real-time documentary and historical thriller, “Citizenfour” is a riveting snapshot of the period in mid-2013 when US whistle-blower Edward Snowden…
BBC News Interview with President Bashar al Assad (9 February 2015) For an example of grace under pressure, I think few people can acquit themselves as…
North American Films, Russian and Soviet Films
Miguel Francis Santiago and Alexander Panov, “Donetsk: An American Glance” (RT Documentary, 2014) Cheerful LA film graduate and investigative journalist Miguel Francis Santiago, fresh from filming…
Artyom Somov, Pavel Burnatov, “Crimea: Unmasking Revolution” (RT.com, 2014) Powered entirely by interviews with Crimean Russians in the street and following people about as they rouse…
“Through Sherlock’s Eyes: The Letter M” (EZ Productions, 2014) Presented by Russian actor Vasily Livanov, known in the West for playing Sherlock Holmes in a highly…