Peneflix | MOVIE REVIEWS BY PENEFLIX

WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS (AMAZON PRIME)

Based upon J.M. Coetzee’s 1980 novel of the same title is a giant metaphor for imperialism in any fo...
SUMMERLAND (Amazon Prime)

2020, destined to be immortalized as the era of Covid-19; traumatic, terrorizing, a year of cauteriz...
THE RENTAL (ON DEMAND)

The Franco brothers (James, Tom and Dave) continue to impress with their prodigious capabilities; co...
THE PAINTED BIRD ON DEMAND (CZECH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN: ENGLISH SUBTITLES)

Jerzy Kosinski’s 1965 novel of the same name, translates into a horrific, bestial, brilliant visual ...
GREYHOUND (APPLE TV)

Of the countless films, programming, entertaining options viewed over the last five Covid months, “G...
RUMINATIONS FROM THE BUNKER

Most of us have had it with homeland incarceration; abiding by authoritative regulations, our relati...
HAMILTON DISNEY+

This, my third foray, into the legendary arena of the American Revolution (1775-1783), starring Alex...
THE TRUTH (FRENCH/ENGLISH) ON DEMAND

Unerringly poignant, sublimely sensitive, an exquisite story within a story directed by Hirokaz...
BABYTEETH (ON DEMAND)

This fine Australian film, won prizes at many 2019 film festivals; without sensationalism it splays ...
BOLLYWOOD DOUBLE HEADER: PAATAL LOK (AMAZON) & SHE (NETFLIX) ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Shamefully, I have taken too long of a hiatus from my Bollywood Buddies; here are two seri...
YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT

And I suggest you do the same; a watery, nebulous copycat version of 1980’s “The Shining” (hard to t...
SHIRLEY (AMAZON PRIME)

Elizabeth Moss at thirty-seven has penetrated and incarcerated “characters” of immense diversity: “M...