Film Review: The Immigrant (2014)
byThe Statue of Liberty has long been a beacon of hope for those coming to America seeking new beginnings. It is a gateway to…
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MIFF 2014: Concrete Night (2013)
bySet in Helsinki’s murky urban suburbia is Concrete Night, directed by Pirjo Honkasalo. Based on a novel by Pirkko Saisio, and with a screenplay by…
Film Review: The Grandmaster (2013)
byThe new film from perhaps the most celebrated auteur from all of Asia, maybe even world cinema in general, should be met with celebration;…
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…
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: The French Minister (2013)
byThe new film from main-stay of the French cinema, Bertrand Tavernier (In The Electric Mist, Round Midnight), The French Minister is a political satire…
Film Review: Beatriz’s War (2013)
byJuly 14, 2014: This review has been updated from what was originally published on July 10. Timor Leste is one of Australia’s closest international neighbours. But despite…
Film Review: Hara-Kiri (AKA Seppuku 1962)
byHara-kiri is a samurai film primarily concerned with the lengths a man will go to fulfil their vows according to the warrior’s honourable code…