Film Review: What If It Works? (2017)
byFilms about mental illness aren’t the easiest things to make. There are so many nuances to understand and avenues to explore, difficulties which are…
Australian Cinema
Film Review: That’s Not Me (2017)
byAustralian comedy can be a fickle beast. While plenty of brilliant television has been produced locally, feature films can be another matter. The best…
Film Review: Namatjira Project (2017)
byAlbert Namatjira was one of Australia’s most talented and accomplished artists of the 20th century. His paintings remain, to this day, an authority on…
Film Review: Ali’s Wedding (2017)
bySeeing our own stories on screen is always reassuring. There’s a sense that someone is listening, but also that our own people are ‘making…
Film Review: Killing Ground (2016)
byIn the thrilling Killing Ground, directed by Damien Power, we follow a brutal family camping trip which turns horribly wrong after horrific crime scene is…
Film Review: Descent Into the Maelstrom (2017)
byThe heady days of the Aussie rock scene circa 1970s must be a favourite subject of Jonathan Sequeira, for his debut film he has…
Film Review: Six Months to Salvation (2016)
byThe best kind of documentaries finish in a different place to where they started. Australian director Lorenzo Benitez’s independently-released debut Six Months to Salvation…
Film Review: McLaren (2017)
byEven if you’re not a fan of Formula 1, it’s very likely that the name ‘McLaren’ is instantly recognisable simply by osmosis. Apart from…
Film Review: Hotel Coolgardie (2016)
byIt’s a simple set up. Two backpackers, Lina and Steph from Finland, find a job through an agency as the barmaids at the hotel…
Film Review: Hounds of Love (2016)
byAussie Ben Young’s first feature film is a loose adaptation of the Birnie murders. Perth suburbanites Catherine and David Birnie abducted and murdered several…