AFFFF Review: The Rabbi’s Cat (2011)
byNarrator: “So my master sat me down for my first lesson in Judaism…” Rabbi: “Here’s how the world began. The Lord God created the…
Film
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…
Film Review: The Source (2011)
byThe Source is dolled-up as a bright, musical fable of female independence, but is essentially a story of the hopeless situation for the female…
Film Review: The Birds (1963)
byHaving previously adapted Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca (1940) to triumphant acclaim, Alfred Hitchcock took on du Maurier’s 1953 short story The Birds (1963).
Film Review: Coriolanus (2011)
byPower corrupts man. It is an age-old tale. Perhaps power also corrupts filmmakers to adapt classic plays in a similar corrupting effect.
Film Review: John Carter (2012)
byOh, what could have been… Had production been indeed productive, John Carter might have been the first animated feature film in cinema, pipping Snow…
Film Review: 50/50 (2011)
byDirector Jonathan Levine follows up 2008’s The Wackness with 50/50, a relatively low-key ‘dramedy’ starring Jason Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen.
FAFA: Flirting (1991)
byWinning three AFI awards in the year of its release (including Best Film), Flirting continues the teenage adventures and misadventures of Danny Embling (Noah…
Thievish Thursdays: Snowtown (2011)
byOur companion piece to ABC’s The Straits continues with a film that took home 6 inaugural AACTA awards, including Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actress and Adapted…
Film Review: Like Crazy (2011)
byAttempting to shed light on intimate moments in a relationship, Like Crazy details the cross-Atlantic relationship between Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Anna (Felicity Jones).