Film Review: Back to 1942 (2012)
byThere are two distinct instances in 2012 ‘s retroactive cinema in which the human torso is decorated with symbols intended to pump war’s glaring…
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Film Review: I Wish (2011)
byTwo brothers are separated when their parents divorce. Koichi lives with his mother and grandparents in Kagoshima where its active volcano rains ash every…
Film Review: Starry Starry Night (2011)
byMei (Jiao Xu) is a young girl living in urban Taiwan and brought up in a wealthy family as an only child. She has inherited…
Film Review: Lore (2012)
byDirector Cate Shortland won much appreciation for her superb first feature Somersault. Finally, her long-awaited follow-up, Lore, is a German-language Australian co-production, adapted by…
Film Review: A Monster in Paris (3D) (2011)
byFrom the inimitable Bibo Bergeron comes the latest animated feature just in time for the school holidays. Responsible for the 2004 hit with the kids…
Film Review: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011)
byIf you’ve never heard of the Wushe Incident of 1930, you’re not alone. Set in the lush mountainous region of Taiwan, Warriors of the Rainbow…
Film Review: Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
byBachir Lazar (Mohamed Fellag) is an Algerian immigrant who shows up looking for employment at a Montreal elementary school following the suicide of a teacher. After…
Festival Review: August Eighth (2012)
byYoung mother Kseniya (Svetlana Ivanova) sends her young boy Tyoma (Arytom Fadeev) to stay with his father (Egor Bereov), a peacekeeper stationed in South Ossetia, so…
Film Review: Vulgaria (2012)
byThere’s nothing misleading about the title of Hong Kong comedy Vulgaria. The film gives its audience exactly what they are expecting: shamelessly tasteless humour.
MIFF Review: The Hunt (2012)
byDanish director Thomas Vinterburg has never been one to shy away from diving head first into provocative territory, and this tendency is on display…