Film Review: Brothers’ Nest (2018)
Brothers’ Nest is the latest film from Clayton Jacobson, the director of the Australian film Kenny. Again Clayton both directs and teams up with…
Film Review: Ocean’s 8 (2018)
Why ask eleven men (or twelve, or thirteen) to do a job that will only take eight women, and who will do it in…
Film Review: The Song Keepers (2017)
The Song Keepers tells the story of The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir and their journey to Germany to ‘return’ Lutheran hymns to the…
Film Review: The Mercy (2018)
Directed by James Marsh, The Mercy is the story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), an amateur sailor who likes to head out on the…
Film Review: 12 Strong (2018)
Based on the true story of the first US troops on the ground in Afghanistan after September 11, 12 Strong is a high energy…
Film Review: Molly’s Game (2017)
Based on the real life story of poker madam Molly Bloom, Molly’s Game is writer Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut. Like Sorkin’s previous screenplays, this…
Film Review: Slack Bay (2016)
Slack Bay (Ma Loute) is very difficult to categorise or to explain. Is it a period farce? Or an Agatha Christie style murder mystery?…
Film Review: Just to be Sure (2017)
Just to be Sure (Ôtez-moi d’un Doute) is charming and funny, and perfectly timed for the holiday season. Erwan (François Damiens) is a bomb tester…
Film Review: Suburbicon (2017)
Suburbicon is both the title of the film and the name of the idyllic and idealised 1950s style suburb in which it is set….
Film Review: That Good Night (2017)
As one of his last feature roles before his death, John Hurt’s performance in That Good Night is a real case of ‘art imitates…