The Evil Within (Bounty)
These days everything needs a back-story, though few can compare with the story behind The…
Browsing: Film
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…
The Mind’s Eye (Accent)
When making a film, one needs make many decisions. The director must get to the…
Thief (Via Vision)
Debut features are rarely as self-assured and complete as Michael Mann’s Thief. It’s early 80’s…
Under The Shadow (Rialto)
“Where there is fear and anxiety, the “winds” blow.” Fear and anxiety are the key…
Winterbottom, Demon, the swing revival, B-Movie & The Bride – Espoo Film Festival, Finland 19-28 August 2016
This is my fourth summer in Finland, mainly based in and around Helsinki, and I’m…
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…
Cronenberg Collection (Viavision)
For better or worse Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg over time has seemed to make an…
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…
Sleeping With Other People (Madman)
There’s this band of scrappy Canadian college rockers called The Mouthbreathers, who have this song…