A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Rudolph Cartier, “The News-Benders” (1968) Entertaining yet troubling and provocative, “The News-Benders” was one of nearly 300 episodes of a BBC television series “Thirty-Minute Theatre” that…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Radheya Jegavetha, “The Quiet” (2020) Created entirely by director Radheya Jegavetha and his father Jay Jay Jegathesan who co-wrote and co-produced the short and provided the…
Matt Hill, “Actuary” (2020) In the not so distant future, an insurance company develops an artificial intelligence algorithm in the form of Benson (Chase Fein) that…
Ivan Radovic, “Eldritch Code” (2017) Partly told in a world-weary voice-over narration by the main character, this sci-fi horror short brings the Lovecraft universe into a…
German and German-language Films
Karim Eich and Dirk Wachsmuth, “Monju Hunters of Sofugan Island” (2017) An unexpectedly deep and melancholy short film, this sci-fi short is set in a not…
Japanese Films, North American Films
“The Dark Side of Japan: The Lost Generation” (Explained With Dom, 22 June 2022) One of the largest economies in the world with a healthy, long-lived…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
“Why the Soviet Computer Failed” (Asianometry, 8 July 2022) A very interesting visual essay, illustrated with archived photographs drawn from various sources, this Asianometry video delves…
Korean Films, North American Films
“The Dark Side of South Korea’s Incredible Economic Success” (Explained with Dom, 1 June 2022) In the space of ten minutes, the Explained with Dom Youtube…
Rafael Bolliger, “Clones” (2015) In amongst a busy schedule making films, TV films and TV series, and lending his voice to videogames, Dutch actor Rutger Hauer…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
“Why North Korea Starves” (Asianometry, 10 January 2022) While accurate information about North Korea is difficult to obtain, due to its government’s secrecy, this Asianometry mini-documentary…