Film Review: Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
byWe’ve seen Woody Allen do it all before. A cynical older man; an enigmatic and beautiful younger woman; and a picture perfect European setting….
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Film Review: Predestination (2014)
byAfter tackling zombies in their crazy, anything goes debut Undead, and then vampires in their still much under-appreciated masterpiece Daybreakers, the local writing and…
Film Review: Self Made (2014)
byMichal (Sarah Adler) is a famous Israeli artist who is having a particularly trying day. She is woken when her bed collapses from underneath…
Film Review: Postman Pat (2014)
byFor a post office branch that presumably only employs one roving postman, the vast warehouse that is Greendale Post Office does seem a little…
MIFF 2014: Life of Riley (2014)
bySomething of a spiritual companion piece to his penultimate masterpiece You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, French master filmmaker Alain Resnais’s final film (he died…
MIFF 2014: Baal (1970)
byScreening as part of the Masters & Restorations program at this year’s MIFF is Baal, writer/director Volker Schlöndorff’s television adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play…
MIFF 2014: (Impressions of…) Goodbye To Language 3D (2014)
byAfter abandoning (relatively) conventional narrative decades ago, French maverick Jean-Luc Godard’s latest feature is a philosophical exploration of three dimensional cinema – a concept…
Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
byCritics barely had time to give any attention to Marvel’s latest offering before it was announced that its second instalment would hit cinemas in…
Film Review: Lucy (2014)
byBased on the widespread misconception that humans only ever use 10% of their brain capacity, Lucy takes this very basic premise and asks what…
Film Review: The Selfish Giant (2014)
byThe Selfish Giant, inspired by the Oscar Wilde short story of the same name, is a small gem of a film. Written and directed…