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LFF 2021 Review: Petite Maman – “Utterly charming”

Posted by on Oct 19, 2021 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a quieter and more playful film. But despite its lean running time of...

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LFF 2021 Review: Language Lessons – “A bittersweet film that will resonate with our need for connection after long months apart”

Posted by on Oct 15, 2021 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 0 comments

Stories featuring Zoom have been a growing trope of filmmaking in the time of Covid-19. But Natalie Morales’ debut feature deftly avoids...

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Review – WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc

Posted by on Jul 5, 2021 in All, documentary, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Director Gio Arlotta’s WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc walks the path set up by the likes of Anvil: Story of Anvil and Searching For...

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LFF 2020 Review: Shirley – “Full of mystery and sardonic wit”

Posted by on Oct 27, 2020 in All, biopic, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

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”

Posted by on Oct 20, 2020 in All, documentary, Film, Headline, musical, Reviews | 0 comments

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”

Posted by on Oct 10, 2020 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

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”

Posted by on Aug 24, 2020 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, Theatre | 0 comments

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”

Posted by on Feb 13, 2020 in All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

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”

Posted by on Oct 14, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

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

Posted by on Oct 14, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

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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