Film Review: Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
byFrivolity or necessity? Fashion often falls to these two categorisations upon criticism and public discourse.
Documentary
Film Review: This is Not a Film (2010)
byTroubled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s house arrest while awaiting news on a court appeal is documented in This Is Not a Film.
Film Review: Tabloid (2010)
byWhat is the truth? What are lies? What does one perceive to be the truth? In Tabloid, Errol Morris focuses on the scandalous story…
Film Review: Pina (2011)
byI’ve been a little late on this one, but it is interesting to note that the session I attended on a Monday afternoon at…
Film Review: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
byWerner Herzog and a small team of filmmakers were granted extremely limited and rare access to shoot a 3D documentary inside the French Chauvet…
Film Review: Mrs Carey’s Concert (2011)
byFor a great deal of us, recorder lessons in music class at both primary and secondary school were a frequent feature. For some it…
Film Review: Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)
byHBO Documentaries, a fairly new branch of the US television cable network are establishing themselves as a leading producer of contemporary documentary films.
FAFA: Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2006)
byThe Favourite Australian Film Assignment continues with Gillian Armstrong’s documentary Unfolding Florence.
MIFF Review: The Hollywood Complex (2011)
byEvery January to April, thousands of actors from across the world come to Hollywood for what is known as pilot season. The Hollywood Complex…
MIFF Review: Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)
byAnyone who has ever been even slightly interested in the manufacturing and printing of newspapers will be delighted by the opening sequence in Page…