Film Review: Happy End (2017)
byOne of the true auteurs of cinema, Michael Haneke, returns to the screen with his dark comedy/family drama Happy End. The film is a convoluted tale of a…
Current Theatrical Releases
Film Review: The Wound (2017)
byIn his harrowing and quite controversial debut feature, South African director John Trengove has created a throughly confronting addition to the current crop of…
Film review: Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
byThe fourth instalment of the Insidious franchise returns eight years since the break out hit original. In terms of style and content not much…
Film Review: Den of Thieves (2018)
byAs the opening titles tell us: Los Angeles is the bank robbery capital of the world. On average one bank is robbed every forty…
Film Review: Molly’s Game (2017)
byBased on the real life story of poker madam Molly Bloom, Molly’s Game is writer Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut. Like Sorkin’s previous screenplays, this…
Film Review: I, Tonya (2017)
byBefore she was replaced on the burgeoning 24-hour news cycle by OJ Simpson, in 1994 Tonya Harding was the most infamous person in America….
Film Review: Faces Places (2017)
byOn the face of it, filmmaker Agnès Varda and artist JR make an improbable team. Varda is an 89-year-old female director who initiated the…
Film Review: Sweet Country (2017)
bySweet Country is about cruelty in a beautiful land. A bitter country would also be an apt title. Cinematographer and director Warwick Thornton returns…
Film Review: Swinging Safari (2018)
byStephan Elliot has essentially mastered his own unique sub-genre here in Australia. With outrageous comedies like Priscilla that have their own slice of humour…
Film Review: The Commuter (2018)
byBefore you ask, yes, he says it. Well, not the whole thing. But he does comes close. “I will kill you,” Liam Neeson declares…