Film Review: Margaret (2011)
byIt’s difficult to talk about a film such as Margaret without discussing its troubled production history. The second feature by writer/director Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret…
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SFF Film Review : Woody Allen A Documentary (2012)
byWhen I first glanced the Sydney Film Festival program, this got my heart pounding. Any serious Woody Allen fan can be in agony sometimes…
TV Movie Review: Mabo (2012)
byThe ABC has given us a wonderful gift in biopic MABO. This is the story of Australian hero and Aboriginal icon Eddie Mabo portrayed with…
SFF Film Review: Excision (2012)
byExcision is the story of Pauline (AnnaLynn McCord), a troubled teen who believes herself to have either mental illness or a personality disorder. Living…
Wednesdays With Woody: Hannah And Her Sisters (1986)
byFollowing the poor reception of The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Woody Allen released one of his finest works to date, the endearing Hannah…
SFF Film Review: Faust (2011)
byDr. Heinrich Faust (Johannes Zeiler) is poor and hungry and philosophical physician, spending more time on performing autopsies than helping people in his impoverished…
SFF Film Review : Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
byThe State Theatre was again buzzing with festival-goers on Friday night for the Australian premier of Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. An extremely hipster and youthful…
SFF Film Review: Death Of A Japanese Salesman (2011)
byThere were some very audible sobs at the Dendy Opera Quays theatre yesterday in during the final scenes of Death Of A Japanese Salesman….
SFF Film Review: Caesar Must Die (2012)
byOn day 3 of SFF, Hugo Weaving and I saw two films together (together, in a very large, distant sense) and the first was…
SFF Film Review: Modest Reception (2012)
byOn day 2 of SFF I journeyed to Event Cinemas George Street for Paziraie sadeh or Modest Reception, the fourth film from Iranian director…