Pages Navigation Menu

"No matter where you go, there you are."

Advert
LFF 2019 Review: Une Fille Facile (An Easy Girl) – “You won’t find a better coming-of-age tale this year”

LFF 2019 Review: Une Fille Facile (An Easy Girl) – “You won’t find a better coming-of-age tale this year”

Posted by on Oct 15, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, indie, Reviews | 1 comment

Since making the brilliant but under-seen Planetarium in 2016, Rebecca Zlotowski seemed to be lying low. Instead, it’s now apparent...

Read More
LFF 2019 Review: The Irishman – “A sprawling, majestic masterpiece”

LFF 2019 Review: The Irishman – “A sprawling, majestic masterpiece”

Posted by on Oct 15, 2019 in All, biopic, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

There is a quiet, glacial atmosphere which haunts each frame of Martin Scorsese’s biblical mob epic, The Irishman. Unlike the firecracker...

Read More
LFF 2019 Review: Judy and Punch – “It is the quirky darkness that really holds your interest”

LFF 2019 Review: Judy and Punch – “It is the quirky darkness that really holds your interest”

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

An Australian film about the traditionally British Punch and Judy puppet show is set in the fictional town of Seaside (a town nowhere near...

Read More
LFF 2019 Review: Babyteeth – “A very grown-up kind of teenage indie drama”

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...

Read More
LFF 2019 Review: Rocks

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...

Read More
LFF 2019 Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

LFF 2019 Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Posted by on Oct 11, 2019 in All, documentary, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Last year you may recall I reviewed Score, a documentary on the history and evolution of music in cinema. Making Waves is a perfect...

Read More
SpielBLOG: War of the Worlds – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

SpielBLOG: War of the Worlds – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective

Posted by on Oct 11, 2019 in action, All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller, war | 0 comments

Steven Spielberg owes a lot to aliens from outer space. His 60s mentality of awe and wonder made for the slack-jawed welcome of Close...

Read More
Review: Gemini Man -“A failed experiment”

Review: Gemini Man -“A failed experiment”

Posted by on Oct 9, 2019 in action, All, Film, Headline, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Written by Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and directed by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Gemini Man stars Will Smith (Men in...

Read More
LFF 2019 Review: The Report – “A spectacular and necessary piece of cinema”

LFF 2019 Review: The Report – “A spectacular and necessary piece of cinema”

Posted by on Oct 8, 2019 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

It’s what many of us hope for, the knowledge that based-on-a-true-story cinema can do more than entertain, it can actually redress...

Read More
LFF 2019: Lucky Grandma -“A very assured first feature”

LFF 2019: Lucky Grandma -“A very assured first feature”

Posted by on Oct 4, 2019 in All, comedy, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Lady luck takes a glance in the wrong direction for a gambling Grandma in writer-director Sasie Siely’s debut feature. Grandma Wong (Tsai...

Read More