A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
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…
French and French-language Films, Multi-media Presentations
Jean-Luc Godard, “The Image Book / Le Livre d’Image” (2018) At 84 minutes, in no way is this a long film, yet it’s far more demanding…
Clint Burnette, “Enemies Within: When Israel Declared War on the United States of America” (screenplay, published January 2019) At last one of the most shameful episodes…
Andrei Tarkovsky, “Zerkalo / The Mirror” (1975) For most viewers, Tarkovsky’s “The Mirror” won’t be the easiest film to follow: the narrative follows a stream-of-consciousness structure…
British Films, Multi-media Presentations
Ben Griffin, “The Making of a Modern British Soldier” (Veterans for Peace UK, October 2015) All you see in this video uploaded to Youtube is a…
Bahram Beyzai, “Death of Yazdgerd / Mard Yazdgerd” (1982) Running close to 2 hours with a small cast, a heavy emphasis on dialogue to push its…
James Corbett, “The Corbett Report (Episode 349: The WWI Conspiracy – Part Three: A New World Order)” (November 2018) This third and last episode examines how…
James Corbett, “The Corbett Report (Episode 348: The WWI Conspiracy – Part Two: The American Front)” (November 2018) Having established in Part 1 that a Deep…