A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Carlton Meyer, “The False Tale of Killing Osama bin Laden” (Tales of the American Empire, 13 February 2020) This short documentary makes a succinct case for…
Carlton Meyer, “Protecting the American Opium Empire” (Tales of the American Empire, 9 July 2020) For an 11-minute video, this is perhaps a little too far-ranging…
North American Films, Southeast Asian Films
Carlton Meyer, “The American Military Retreat from Vietnam” (Tales of the American Empire, 19 June 2020) This video serves mainly as a retelling of the significant…
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…
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…
North African Films, North American Films
Carlton Meyer, “The Destruction of Libya in 2011” (Tales of the American Empire, May 2020) A very good general survey of how the US overthrew Colonel…
Arabic-language Films, Middle Eastern Films
Pavel Serezhkin, “Profiles in Courage: ENN Middle East reporter Gertrude Bellinger” (2019) Written and produced by The Grayzone journalist Rania Khalek who plays ENN Middle East…
Arabic-language Films, North American Films
Elan Dassani, Rajeev Dassani, “Seam” (2017) An excellent little film that could serve as a pilot for a television series, “Seam” posits that in the near…
Trevor Nunn, “Red Joan” (2019) Adapted from the novel of the same name which as the film acknowledges is based on the real-life case of Melita…
Mike Leigh, “Peterloo” (2018) Made just before the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester in August 1819, when British cavalry troops and foot soldiers…