MDFF Review: Spoke (2016)
byTraversing the South-West coast of America to the East, Spoke documents the travels of a few young adults riding across the country. On their…
Documentary
MDFF Review: Sustainable (2016)
bySustainable is a documentary which looks at America’s capitalistic, high production food industry and asks if there is a better way of doing things….
Film Review: Mr Gaga (2015)
byMr Gaga is a documentary from Israeli filmmaker Tomer Heymann, about the renowned choreographer and dancer Ohad Naharin. Heymann blends footage from Naharin’s own…
Film Review: Neon (2015)
byIf the 21st Century has so far been the ‘Electronic Century’ then it’s safe to say that the 20th was for sure the ‘Electric…
MDFF Review: You Better Take Cover (2015)
byOdds are that if you are an Australian, you are very familiar with the 1981 Men at Work song ‘Down Under’. Be it at…
Article: Offshore Contention – Eva Orner’s Chasing Asylum (2016)
byIt was never going to be particularly pleasant watching a documentary about Australia’s much maligned asylum seeker policy but even going in with expectations…
Film Review: Be Here Now: The Andy Whitfield Story (2015)
byAndy Whitfield and his wife Vashti have been together for thirteen years, married for ten, and are enjoying the perks of Andy’s success as…
Film Review: Highly Strung (2015)
byScott Hicks cemented his name on the film scene when he directed Geoffrey Rush as the manic pianist David Helfgott in the Oscar winning…
Film Review: Harry & Snowman (2015)
byWritten and directed by Ron Davis, Harry & Snowman is a documentary about an immigrant and the horse who makes him famous. Harry De Leyer…
Film Review: Chemsex (2015)
byFive gay men are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS every day in London. Five – every single day – in one city. This community is going…