A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Gonzalo Lira, “Ukraine and the Gell Mann Effect” (13 May 2022) In this video, Chilean-American vlogger Gonzalo Lira discusses the so-called Gell Mann effect in relation…
Gonzalo Lira, “Australia is The Next Ukraine” (10 May 2022) In this video, Chilean-American vlogger Gonzalo Lira explains how Australia is being manipulated by the United…
Gonzalo Lira, “Poland Will Take a Bite out of Ukraine” (8 May 2022) One little-known piece of news coming out of Russia’s current Special Military Operation…
Eastern European Films, North American Films
Carlton Meyer, “The 2014 American Coup in Ukraine” (Tales of the American Empire, 21 August 2020) A very timely release in Carlton Meyer’s Tales of the…
Alexander Korobko, “NYC to Donetsk & back” (Russian Hour, 2018) Made in 2017 or 2018, or some time after the death of Mikhail Tolstykh aka Givi…
Eastern European Films, German and German-language Films
Nick Baker-Monteys, “The Final Journey / Leanders Letzte Reise” (2017) The plot may be a familiar one – aged pensioner Eduard Leander (Jurgen Prochnow), recently widowed,…
Andrey Karaulov, “Fascism As It Is” (2014) Looking hastily made, this documentary is a snapshot of the chaotic situation in Ukraine after the massacre of left-wing…