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…
Documentary
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…
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: The Brink (2019)
byDocumentary filmmaker Alison Klayman burst onto the scene with her successful 2012 documentary debut Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. A few films later and Alison has…
Film Review: The Australian Dream (2019)
byDirected by Daniel Gordon and written by Stan Grant, The Australian Dream is a documentary charting the career-ending experiences of racism subjected on Australian Rules…
Film Review: Camino Skies (2019)
byThe Camino de Santiago stretches eight hundred kilometres from the French border to the north-western city of Santiago de Compostela. Hundreds of people trek…
Film Review: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
byAlice’s story is an intriguing anomaly and a testament to the spirit of artistic innovation and originality. Alice was a trailblazing and prolific film…
Film Review: Defend, Conserve, Protect (2019)
byThe documentary Defend, Conserve, Protect has a simple purpose. Its title is the motto for Sea Shepherd, the not-for-profit organisation battling maritime slaughter, most…
Film Review: Diego Maradona (2019)
byAsif Kapadia returns for his third biographical documentary after the ground breaking Senna in 2010 and the equally impressive Amy in 2015. This time he…
Film Review: Apollo 11 (2019)
byThere’s no shortage of films and documentaries about the moon landings but with the 50th anniversary of those astonishing days fast approaching, Todd Douglass Miller’s…