Film Review: Best of Enemies (2015)
byIn documentary film Best of Enemies, co-directors and writers Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville take a look at a critical historical juncture in how American…
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Film Review: Ricki and the Flash (2015)
byIt almost goes without saying that Meryl Streep is amongst the greatest actors ever. She can seemingly do no wrong. So the (rhetorical) question…
Film Review: The Gift (2015)
byKids will be kids, and kids can be cruel, but karma’s a bitch so be mindful at school. If Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut was…
Film Review: Holding the Man (2015)
byIn 1970s Melbourne Timothy Conigrave (Ryan Corr) sees John Caleo (Craig Stott) playing a game of football on the school oval. Tim’s attraction is…
Film Review: She’s Funny That Way (2014)
byFeel like seeing a Woody Allen film but don’t want to support the likes of Woody Allen? Well there’s a solution! Peter Bogdanovich’s She’s…
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…