Film Review: Life (2015)
There is a bitter-sweet quality to director Anton Corbijn’s film Life, in that we already know the fate of one of the lead characters,…
Film Review: We Are Your Friends (2015)
Director Max Joseph delivers easy viewing with his first feature, We Are Your Friends. Cole Carter (Zac Efron) is an aspiring DJ, trying to…
Exhibition Review: Orry-Kelly: Dressing Hollywood
Director Gillian Armstrong describes walking in to the Orry Kelly exhibition at ACMI as like walking into a jewellery box. Not simply because of…
Film Review: Southpaw (2015)
Southpaw begins with a powerful opening sequence; Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) has thrashing heavy metal music pounding into his ears via headphones, as a…
Film Review: Iris (2014)
Iris Apfel, the subject and namesake of the Albert Maysles directed documentary Iris, learned early in her life that she wasn’t pretty. But pretty…
Film Review: Irrational Man (2015)
Irrational Man is the latest film from Woody Allen, and it has all the hallmarks of the best of the writer/director. Autumnal tones, jazz…
Film Review: A Patriotic Man (2013)
A Patriotic Man documents the experience of a Finnish man when he joins the support crew of the national ski team. The most recent…
Film Review: Armi Alive (2015)
Armi Alive opens with a fantastic monologue, as lead actress Minna Haapkylä delivers an oral narration of Armi Ratia’s early life. This film at…
Film Review: The Gallows (2015)
The Gallows is a found footage horror film, set in a high school in Middle America in 2013. A group of teens are staging…
Film Review: Ruben Guthrie (2015)
Brendan Cowell directs his first feature with Ruben Guthrie, and delivers a witty and interesting film. Adapted from his very successful stage play of…