Film Review: Marina Abramović in Brazil: The Space In Between (2016)
Written by James Madden Originally published 8 March 2018 Marina Abramović came to the attention of many in The Artist is Present, the 2012…
Review: National Theatre Live: Angels in America (2017)
Written by James Madden Originally published 14 September 2017 “In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left…
Film Review: The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Written by James Madden Originally published 4 November 2016 Each day we make choices. Perhaps they are mostly simple choices, but they are choices…
MDFF Review: You Better Take Cover (2015)
Written by James Madden Originally published 31 May 2016 Odds are that if you are an Australian, you are very familiar with the 1981…
Film Review: Remembering the Man (2016)
Written by James Madden Originally published 20 April 2016 The love story between Timothy Conigrave and John Caleo has become quite familiar by now….
Film Review: Sisters (2015)
Written by James Madden Originally published 5 January 2016 Tina Fey. Amy Poehler. Those two factors alone are usually enough. For anything. Be it…
Film Review: Holding the Man (2015)
Written by James Madden Originally published 25 August 2015 In 1970s Melbourne Timothy Conigrave (Ryan Corr) sees John Caleo (Craig Stott) playing a game…
MIFF14: Mommy (2014)
Written by James Madden Originally published 7 April 2015 I’ll admit it now, I’m a Xavier Dolan novice. Mommy is only the second film…
Film Review: Into the Woods (2014)
Written by James Madden Originally published 8 January 2015 Strange things happen in the woods. At any given moment in Rob Marshall‘s adaptation of…
Film Review: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Written by James Madden Originally published 24 December 2014 Chevy Chase returns as Clark Griswald in the third instalment of the National Lampoon’s Vacation…