Film Review: Lore (2012)
byDirector Cate Shortland won much appreciation for her superb first feature Somersault. Finally, her long-awaited follow-up, Lore, is a German-language Australian co-production, adapted by…
Australian Cinema
Film Review: The Sapphires (2012)
byI’m always tentative when walking into the screening of an Australian film; for every Face to Face (2011) there’s a You and Your Stupid…
Film Review: The King Is Dead (2012)
byFive years after his silent film experiment, Dr. Plonk, Australian maverick director Rolf De Heer returns to cinema screes with a tale of suburban…
Film Review: Not Suitable for Children (2012)
byWild nights of endless booze, drugs, sex and DJs surround the lives of housemates Jonah (Ryan Kwanten), Gus (Ryan Corr) and Stevie (Sarah Snook)….
TV Movie Review: Mabo (2012)
byThe ABC has given us a wonderful gift in biopic MABO. This is the story of Australian hero and Aboriginal icon Eddie Mabo portrayed with…
SFF Opening Night Film Review: Not Suitable For Children (2012)
byOn a very wet Sydney evening, 2000 industry types and movie lovers gathered at the State Theatre for the world premier of Peter Templeman’s…
Film Review: Careless Love (2012)
byIn his first Australian film in almost twenty years, director John Duigan, who made the eighties teen masterpiece The Year My Voice Broke, and…
Film Review : Wish You Were Here (2012)
byA hot and colourful twilight tableau takes us through a culture shock on the streets of Cambodia. Four friends are ecstatic – and sometimes…
FAFA: Turkey Shoot (1982)
byTurkey Shoot isn’t a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination. It features a host of flawed acting, flawed special effects and due to…
FAFA: The Interview (1998)
byA dawn raid of Eddie Fleming’s (Hugo Weaving) apartment throws him into a world of chaos as he is dragged to his local police…