Film Review: The Merger (2018)
byThere are a few Australian traditions which are at once unifying and divisive – small rituals which exclude some and divide us into “teams” and…
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Film Review: Wayne (2018)
byReal and unexaggerated ‘Rags to Riches’ tales are a very rare find, so to come across one that not only happened in rural Australia…
Film Review: The Flip Side (2018)
byAdelaide. Known for its great wine and churches, the city has a rich connection to Aussie cinema. The alumni of its shooting locale includes…
Film Review: The Insult (2017)
byLebanese writer/director Ziad Doueiri contemplates many things in The Insult – the way that small words can escalate into large arguments, the limits of freedom…
Film Review: Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
byThere’s rich and then there’s crazy rich. Based on the 2013 book of the same name by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians is adapted…
Film Review: The Happytime Murders (2018)
byPuppets and cute critters behaving badly is a fun idea, but it’s not necessarily a new one. It was more than a decade ago…
Film Review: West of Sunshine (2017)
byWest of Sunshine is the first feature film from writer-director Jason Raftopoulos, and is an elegant entry. Set over one day in Melbourne, the…
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…
Film Review: C’est la Vie! (2017)
byThere is a sub-genre of comedy which audiences either love or hate, and it can be summed up succinctly as “awkward comedy”. You may…
Film Review: The Darkest Minds (2018)
byThe Darkest Minds is a lazily constructed piece of generic, homebrand-style tween movie making that, even at just 104 minutes long, has you wondering…