AFFFF15: Diplomacy (2015)
Paris. August 24, 1944. Diplomacy, based on real life events and directed by Volker Schlöndorff, provides a fascinating depiction of how, over the course…
Film Review: American Sniper (2014)
Director Clint Eastwood shows no signs of slowing down his prolific output. His latest film American Sniper focusses on Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL…
Film Review: Birdman (2015)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a visceral, voracious film. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who wrote the screenplay along with Nicolás Giacobone,…
Film Review: Die Hard (1988)
There is a scene near the start of Die Hard where John McClane’s (Bruce Willis) limo driver Argyle starts playing some rap music. Being…
Film Review: Maps to the Stars (2014)
In Maps to the Stars, director David Cronenberg throws a satirical spotlight on Hollywood, highlighting the fickle superficiality of the entertainment industry through a…
Film Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
Dragging out the final chapter has now become commonplace with film adaptations of YA novels. But with the latest instalment of The Hunger Games…
Film Review: Winter Sleep (2014)
This year’s winner of the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival is Winter Sleep, from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Written by Ceylan,…
Film Review: Son Of A Gun (2014)
Set in the seedy world of prisons and the mafia in Australia is Son of A Gun, directed by Julius Avery and with a…
Film Review: Obvious Child (2014)
Abortions are probably not the most ideal subject matter for comedy films. But Obvious Child, directed and with a screenplay written by Gillian Robespierre,…
Film Review: The Maze Runner (2014)
It appears as if adaptations of dystopian young adult novels are set to be churned out at an increasingly steady rate. With the hugely…