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...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review – Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
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 MoreSpielBLOG: War of the Worlds – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
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 MoreReview: Gemini Man -“A failed experiment”
Written by Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and directed by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Gemini Man stars Will Smith (Men in...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: The Report – “A spectacular and necessary piece of cinema”
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 MoreLFF 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...
Read MoreSpielBLOG: The Terminal – A Steven Spielberg Retrospective
After all the recent running around of Catch Me If You Can and the chasing of Minority Report, it was perhaps understandable that Steven...
Read MoreReview: Joker – “One of the year’s essential watches”
Joker is written and directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover trilogy) and stars Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator), Frances Conroy (American...
Read MoreLFF 2019 Review: Bad Education – “Dripping with righteous anger”
The sound of Greta Thunberg’s name is enough to make most cheer and some fume. As the poster child for the climate change movement,...
Read MoreReview: Driven – “A fun film with an interesting story”
Driven takes a comedic, sensationalist approach to the true story of John DeLorean caught in an FBI sting for drug trafficking by...
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