Film Review: A Castle in Italy (2013)
byNominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, A Castle In Italy details the plight of a French family to keep their titular…
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Film Review: Chinese Puzzle (2013)
byIt’s been eleven years since writer/director Cedric Klapisch first introduced audiences to Xavier Rousseau (Roman Duris) and his ensemble roommates in the comedy L’Auberge…
Film Review: White Elephant (2012)
byFather Julian (Ricardo Darin) and Father Nicolas (Jeremie Renier) are working in the poverty-stricken and incredibly volatile slum, Villa Virgin, in Buenos Aires. Villa…
Film Review: Sister (2012)
byWhile Jennifer Lawrence has drawn the limelight in America in recent years, an equally impressive rise to prominence has been made across the Atlantic…
Film Review: The Raid 2 (2014)
byFilms with excessive levels of violence are rarely as thrilling and engaging as The Raid 2, an Indonesian film written and directed by Gareth…
Film Review: Wadjda (2013)
byNot only is ‘Wadjda’ the first feature film ever made in Saudi Arabia but also marks as the first feature length film to be…
Film Review: Gloria (2013)
byThe trials and tribulations of love and life for the middle aged has always been something of interest. The scarcity of roles for women…
Film Review: The Past (2013)
byAsghar Farhadi’s highly anticipated follow up to 2011’s A Separation is another portrait of complex family life, this time in Paris. Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa)…
Film Review: After May (2012)
byAlso released as Something In The Air, but coming to Australia with the translation of its original French title Aprés Mai, After May is the semi-autobiographical new film from Olivier Assayas, one of the most celebrated film makers currently working in his native France.
Film Review: Blancanieves (2012)
byApparently inspired by a photograph of bullfighting dwarves writer/director Pablo Berger saw in a Spanish magazine, Blancanieves is a lovingly crafted tribute to the Brother’s Grimm fable Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.