Film Review: McQueen (2018)
by“Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life” – Bill Cunningham. Renowned in both the fashion and artistic worlds, for they…
Melbourne International Film Festival
Film Review: Leave No Trace (2018)
byLeave No Trace is a new film by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), which has a similar exploration of a father and daughter’s relationship. Originally…
MIFF 2016 Film Review: Operation Avalanche (2016)
byNo one will think it’s fake because how insane would this be? There’s an excellent moment in Rodney Ashcer’s documentary Room 237 where the…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Only the Dead (2015)
byMichael Ware is a fascinating individual with insights into dark truths many of us may only glimpse in a life time. He is the…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Skinny Sister (2015)
byIt’s sadly all too common for women in Western society to experience body image concerns. In a culture where thin is in, and beauty is…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Guest (2014)
byThe Guest, directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, is a hilariously bonkers ride. It starts off innocently enough: a man arrives…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: James White (2015)
byIn James White, director and screenwriter Josh Mond has created an understated character study of a man struggling to cope with his father’s death…
MIFF 2015: Film Review: Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
byHow does one approach reviewing a film like Yakuza Apocalypse? Directed by Takashi Miike and with a screenplay by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, the film could be…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Invitation (2015)
byIt has been quite a while since a thriller as taut and superbly crafted as The Invitation has come along. Written by Phil Hay…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Golden Days (2015)
byThere is a messiness to youth, and how we remember it, that is visceral, often indescribable. This is my first encounter with French director…