Film Review: Downhill (2020)
There are notable exceptions – think A Bigger Splash, Some Like it Hot or The Birdcage – but the rule that English-language remakes are…
Film Review: Honeyland (2019)
For almost sixty years Hatidže has walked and worked the stark, sparse valley and mountain landscape of remote northern Macedonia. We first see her…
Film Review: A Hidden Life (2019)
Surrender. That’s what the A Hidden Life experience calls for. Ironically. A willingness to engage, to focus. An openness to Terrence Malick’s cinematic thesis. All these…
Film Review: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
I always try to go into a screening cold, but sometimes it’s impossible to ignore the noise around a film. Taika Waititi‘s latest is…
Film Review: Fisherman’s Friends (2019)
Clusters of orange lichen-covered roofs, peeks of sandy beach, and ocean spreading into the distance. Gull cries mixed with the slap of waves against…
Film Review: Promised (2019)
Intent and effort count for a lot but, unfortunately for Promised, it can’t make up for the numerous flaws that reduce this Melbourne production…
Film Review: Zombieland 2: Double Tap (2019)
With DNA infused with movie metaness and blood (lots and lots of blood) that runs with the spirit of video games, Zombieland 2: Double…
Film Review: Strange But True (2019)
Strange But True is a puzzle, but ultimately not in the way that it wants to be. It has you guessing to begin with, trying…
Film Review: Gemini Man (2019)
They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. That’s the thought I couldn’t drop…
Film Review: Ad Astra (2019)
Writing takes time. Sorting out your thoughts and feelings and reactions takes time. But often we see only films just before they’re released and…