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…
Documentary
Film Review: Big in Japan (2018)
byYou may know the phrase ‘Big in Japan’, perhaps from a 2014 film, a 2009 TV Series or even a 1985 song by Alphaville. It refers to…
Film Review: School Life (2016)
byThe only primary level boarding school in Ireland is Headfort. Students from all over the world travel to the emerald isle to be a…
Film Review: The Pink House (2017)
byThe Pink House aka Questa Casa is a brothel that has been running for 112 years. Situated in the desert town Kalgoorie, 600 kms…
Film Review: Blue (2017)
byBlue is a series of provocative vignettes on the state of our oceans. Director Karina Holden delivers a wake-up call for all of us…
Film Review: Mountain (2017)
byAfter Sherpa it is hard not to be at least a little disappointed with Jennifer Peedom’s follow-up effort. Less traumatic diary, more meandering essay…
Film Review: Namatjira Project (2017)
byAlbert Namatjira was one of Australia’s most talented and accomplished artists of the 20th century. His paintings remain, to this day, an authority on…
Film Review: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
byIn 2006 Al Gore rocked the world with An Inconvenient Truth, a watershed moment when the concept and threat of global warming finally slotted…
Film Review: Descent Into the Maelstrom (2017)
byThe heady days of the Aussie rock scene circa 1970s must be a favourite subject of Jonathan Sequeira, for his debut film he has…
Film Review: Baxter and Me (2016)
by“Lovers have come and gone, but i’ve always loved dogs” – Gillian Leahy Dog lovers can be prepared for the must see, tear-jerker documentary,…