Film Review: Magnus (2016)
byMagnus Carlsen is a Norwegian Chess player of formidable prowess, a former child prodigy and now young adult. Magnus, by director Benjamin Ree, takes…
Documentary
Film Review: Six Months to Salvation (2016)
byThe best kind of documentaries finish in a different place to where they started. Australian director Lorenzo Benitez’s independently-released debut Six Months to Salvation…
Film Review: McLaren (2017)
byEven if you’re not a fan of Formula 1, it’s very likely that the name ‘McLaren’ is instantly recognisable simply by osmosis. Apart from…
Film Review: Hotel Coolgardie (2016)
byIt’s a simple set up. Two backpackers, Lina and Steph from Finland, find a job through an agency as the barmaids at the hotel…
Film Review: Kedi (2016)
byEven though they are still just cats doing cat things, it is nice to see beyond internet LOLs in catdom and learn about their importance…
Film Review: Whitney: Can I Be Me? (2017)
byThe extraordinary biographical documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me?, directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal, explores the glorious singing sensation, Whitney Houston, and…
Short Film Review: Creating a Monster (2016)
byIn this fascinating short documentary named Creating a Monster, screenwriter, Gene Lida Riess explores the dark side to being on a reality TV show….
Short Film Review: Secret Matters (2015)
byIn this short documentary film, Secret Matters, written by Janos Zoltan, he explores the ways in which a reclusive writer (Gerald Murnane) shares his…
Film Review: David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)
byDavid Lynch: The Art Life is everything that the filmgoing community has come to expect from the strange and beautiful mind of its subject…
Film Review: Looking for Infinity: El Camino (2017)
byEvery year 200,000 humans undertake a traditionally Christian pilgrimage beginning in Pied-de-Port-France and ending in Santiago de Compostela. If you haven’t heard of it…