LFF 2020 Review: Shirley – “Full of mystery and sardonic wit”
Shirley is a snapshot of one convention-busting woman’s life as captured by another unconventional storyteller. Josephine Decker’s fourth...
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LFF 2020 Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia – “The performances spark feelings of universal euphoria”
Three decades on from Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense – Spike Lee captures every beat of the joy,...
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LFF 2020 Review: Kajillionaire – “A funny, odd, hug of a film”
Miranda July has built a career on exploring the interior worlds of outsiders. Kajillionaire, her third feature, and the first since...
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Review: Hope Gap – “A dialogue-heavy three-hander”
Marriage in crisis remains fertile ground for filmmakers. Like Noah Baumbauch, whose personal experience of divorce in childhood and then...
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Review: Emma. – “A handsome and breezy ensemble romp”
Adapting a literary classic comes with the greatest of expectations. Especially when it’s already been done many times before. Shout out...
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LFF 2019 Review: Babyteeth – “A very grown-up kind of teenage indie drama”
The highs and lows of first love are amplified by terminal illness in Australian director Shannon Murphy’s debut feature. Babyteeth is a...
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LFF 2019 Review: Rocks
Director Sarah Gavron’s latest feature Rocks walks a seamless line between energetic coming-of-age and social realism. The film...
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LFF 2019: Lucky Grandma -“A very assured first feature”
Lady luck takes a glance in the wrong direction for a gambling Grandma in writer-director Sasie Siely’s debut feature. Grandma Wong (Tsai...
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Review: Varda by Agnès – “As much about sharing ideas and experiences as it is about artistic reflection”
The late, great Belgian-born, French filmmaker Agnès Varda presents one last window into her life and work. Varda by Agnès is a...
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Review: Booksmart – “Laughs and life lessons”
For those of us who left high school during the gross-out, testosterone fest of American Pie it would have been fantastic to have seen...
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