Film Review: Strange But True (2019)
byStrange But True is a puzzle, but ultimately not in the way that it wants to be. It has you guessing to begin with, trying…
Current Theatrical Releases
Film Review: The Portal (2019)
byTwenty minutes into The Portal, you’d be forgiven for not knowing what you’re watching. By this stage, director/writer Jacqui Fifer and co-writer Tom Cronin have introduced…
Film Review: The Eulogy (2018)
byAt the age of 54, destitute and alone, Geoffrey Tozer died in his rented Melbourne home. In a stinging 45-minute obituary Paul Keating, a long-term…
Review: National Theatre Live: Fleabag (2019)
byAs part of the National Theatre Live program, the original stage play of Fleabag has arrived. Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and performed the stage play…
Film Review: Judy (2019)
byOne of Hollywood’s most tragic figures, Judy Garland died in 1969 at just 47 years of age. Peter Quilter’s play End of the Rainbow…
Film Review: Green Light (2019)
by“I question the wisdom of this film” says the lead of Ned Donohoe’s important new documentary. Medical cannabis becoming legal is only a matter…
Film Review: Gemini Man (2019)
byThey 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: Working Woman (2018)
byIn an industry where so many female characters are written and directed by men, it really is noticeable when the tables are turned. Female…
Film Review: The Souvenir (2019)
byIn French ‘souvenir’ means ‘to remember’. Joanna Hogg’s latest film – executive produced by none other than Martin Scorsese – seems to embrace both…
Film Review: Birds of Passage (2018)
byIn the current climate there’s no shortage of crime epics or drug dramas. Narcotrafficking is the storytelling flavour of the month – Netflix seems…