A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Korean Films, North American Films
Carlton Meyer, “The Mythical North Korean Threat” (Tales of the American Empire, 26 June 2020) Amazingly in this admittedly short (eight-minute) video there’s no mention of…
Nathan Su, “The Atlas of False Desires” (2016) By turns inspiring yet depressing, this 8-minute film puts forward a proposition that to save Planet Earth from…
Carlton Meyer, “Football Star Murdered in Afghanistan” (Tales of the American Empire, 9 April 2020) With the passage of time, former NRL football player turned soldier…
Middle Eastern Films, North American Films
Carlton Meyer, “The Conquest of the Republic of Georgia in 2003” (Tales of the American Empire, May 2020) One of a series of films by former…
Isaac G G Nabwana, “Attack on Nyege Nyege Island” (2016) The tiny but already globally famous Ugandan film industry (known as Ugawood, taking after the manner…
Carroll Brown, “Control” (2019) Filmed on a tiny budget, this science fiction horror short is an intense character study detailing the effects of long isolation in…
Samuel E Mac, “Upload:U” (2017) A creepy little short made in very sparing minimalist style, “Upload:U” may be viewed as a metaphor expressing the alienation and…
Bhargav Saikia, “Awakenings” (2015) Inspired by and closely based on Henry James’ famous novella “The Turn of the Screw”, this short film is conventional in its…
Tiago Teixeira, “Wrong Number” (2018) An odd little film with just two characters, “Wrong Number” is a study of anxiety and the tension that come from…
Jill “Sixx” Gevargizian, “The Stylist” (2016) Never did a psychotic serial killer look more fragile or seem so worthy of our compassion and sympathy as Claire…