Cat People (Cinema Cult)
Paul Schrader’s Cat People could not be more 80’s. It’s equal parts mysticism and hokem.…
Browsing: Film
The Carpetbaggers (Imprint)
In the audio commentary to the first blu ray release of this searing 1964 melodrama,…
Deadly Blessing (Cinema Cult)
Hey remember that Wes Craven film with Sharon Stone and Ernest Borgnine? Nup, me neither.…
“It’s got piggy juice in it. What the hell did you expect?????” Jim Hosking on The Greasy Strangler
The Greasy Strangler was one of the surprise films of 2016. Premiering to thrills of…
From Abbas Kiarastami to Aki Kaurismaki: the 64th Sydney Film Festival 7-18 June 2017
I remember a film festival somewhere in the USA a few years ago where Iranian…
Tony Conrad: Completely In The Present – ACMI
I first heard Tony Conrad in 2011. He was playing alongside his friend Charlemagne Palestine…
Raw (Monster Pictures)
Julia Ducournau’s remarkable debut feature Raw is a welcome addition to the cinema of the…
The Greasy Strangler (Monster Pictures)
The first thing I am going to suggest with this review is to just go…
From Isabelle Huppert to Wallis Island: 28th Alliance Française French film Festival Sydney 7-30 March 2017
The annual French Film festival, held throughout Australia and New Zealand, has just been extended…
Swiss Army Man (Madman)
Swiss Army Man is a difficult film to watch. Not for reasons pertaining to it’s…
Sydney Film Festival 2016: Herzog’s Geeks, Swedish Communes, Romanian Cinema’s and Ballard’s High Rise
The 63rd Sydney Film Festival, Nasheen Moodley’s 6th as curator, was its biggest yet, if…
Sonita – Sydney Film Festival
Directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami Germany, Switzerland, Iranian 2015 A stand-out in the extensive documentary…
The American Dreamer – ACMI
If you thought Dennis Hopper’s near legendary follow up to Easy Rider, the rarely seen…
Midnight Special (Roadshow)
We meet Alton Meyer (Jaeden Lieberher), a young boy, shrouded in a bed sheet reading…
Penelope Spheeris: ‘The Decline of Western Civilization.’ Interview by Andrew Cahill
Have you heard of the Decline of Western Civilisation? Maybe you’ve already seen it. The…