Easter Film Review: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
byGeorge Stevens’ The Greatest Story Ever Told, an adaptation of the New Testament, has something of a tarnished reputation as being one of the…
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Easter Film Review: The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964)
byPier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According To St. Matthew is a masterpiece. A film so soulful and so incredibly well made that it will…
Wednesdays with Woody: Sleeper (1973)
byIn Sleeper, Woody Allen plays Miles Monroe, a Brooklyn health food shop owner who goes into hospital for a routine operation in 1973, and…
Wednesdays with Woody: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972)
byBased on the best-selling book of the same name by Dr David Reuban, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid…
Wednesdays with Woody: Bananas (1971)
byMade in 1971, Bananas continues the early screen attempts of Woody Allen as writer/director/star. Basically consisting of comedic sketches (like most of his early…
Thievish Thursdays: Wolf Creek (2005)
byWolf Creek made a proverbial splat when it arrived on Australian screens in 2005. In keeping with our companion piece to The Straits on ABC, Film…
Wednesdays with Woody: Take the Money and Run (1968)
byWoody Allen’s second film Take the Money and Run is the first true ‘Woody Allen’ film, after the curio that was What’s Up, Tiger…
FAFA: Erskineville Kings (1999)
byErskineville Kings is a story about freedom that challenges the notion of family and brotherhood.
Thievish Thursdays: The Sopranos
byFrom the first episode, The Straits has been compared to David Chase‘s landmark HBO series The Sopranos. It’s easy to see where the comparisons…
Wednesdays with Woody: What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
byBy 1966, Woody Allen was already something of a star. After a decade as a wildly successful comedy writer and performer, Allen had an…