A hodge-podge of vignettes, computer animations, and clips of interviews with scientists and mystics questions the certainty with which we seem to regard everyday consciousness. It’s good that it argues that we know less thank we think (and I agree), because otherwise a coherent argument would probably be required. It’s also good that it has…

Wow, a documentary that presents real people the way the present themselves, complete with long pauses in dialog. The adventure of an explorer who has built an airship to explore the rainforest canopy in Guyana includes the intertwining stories of his own past, his hired help, and the filmmaker himself. I was touched by these…

This is a great example of a true story crafted into a hero mythology. The characters and acting are good, and you’d never guess how suspenseful it is from a description. Honest, white-knuckled chair gripping. What fun. Referred by Clare

Films like this make me realize how overdramatized most of the movies I watch are. The story down here isn’t stripped to the very bone like Bubble, but it is told unpretentiously. It’s a worthwhile tale, and the Alaskan setting is intriguing. Referred by Nehring

This ocean life documentary doesn’t go into great depth in any particular place or creature, but contains jaw-dropping footage from ocean locations all over the world. It does an especially good job of conveying a removal from the human realm, where the camera is an omniscient eye showing us sights that most human beings never…

David Cronenberg has interesting ideas, so I was willing to give this film some leeway, but after half an hour of swallowing one cliché after another, I gave up. Maybe I’m spoiled, but I’d rather listen to Cronenberg talk about his message than sit through such a bland set-up. Referred by Fresh Air

Ten years after the mind-blowing Koyaanisqatsi, one the filmmakers, Ron Fricke, made this film in the same format. A comparison of the title translations, Koyaanisqatsi ~ Life Out Of Balance / Baraka ~ Blessing, hints at the differences. Any film capable of expanding my notion of humanity is worthy in my book, and both of…

A new species of naturalist has emerged – the observer of escaped pets living in the urban jungle, along with a documentary to observe the observer. There are all kinds of issues at work here, from invasive species to homelessness to love. The parrots are an effective symbol for many of the difficulties of being…

I’ve lived under the illusion that Mathematics is a body of “proven” knowlege, all of which can be completely and consistently derived logically from a set of “self-evident” axioms. This misconception is referred to, in one aspect at least, as the “Euclid Myth”. Although I was vaguely aware of the existence of some pesky paradoxes…

It’s been a while since I made through a whole Disney film without getting disgusted, but this one stuck it out. The basic idea of New Yorkers trying to survive in “the wild” is good, supplies some funny moments, and should have been explored more. But the formula comes first, and the freshness eventually gives…