Film Review: Capharnaüm (2018)
byIs it fair that our children often bear the burden of the worlds that they are brought into? Capharnaüm, directed by Lebanese director Nadine…
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Film Review: Loro (2018)
byItalian maestro Paolo Sorrentino returns to our screens with Loro, an uneven but wickedly entertaining take on Italy’s bizarre former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi….
Film Review: Cold War (2018)
byCold War is about damaged people in a damaged country in a damaged world. Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski’s monochrome follow up, and in some…
Film Review: Shoplifters (2018)
byShoplifters is a film with little subtext, overtones or hidden meanings. It’s a film that offers up its narrative and characters simply, and ruminates…
Film Review: Jumpman (2018)
byJumpman gets its title from the main activity around which the film is framed: a boy, Denis (Denis Vlasenko), who leaps in front of…
Film Review: Donbass (2018)
byUkrainian film and documentary maker Sergei Loznitsa blends his talent for fact and fiction in his latest work. Donbass, taking its name from the…
Film Review: Custody (2017)
byOne woman dies every week in Australia at the hands of a partner or ex-partner. In France it’s one every three days. Referred to…
Film Review: Boys Cry (2018)
byOrganised crime was never on the radar for young lads Mirko (Matteo Olivetti) and Manolo (Andrea Carpenzano). Down and out in suburban Rome, they’re…
Film Review: Domestique (2018)
byIt was suggested before seeing Domestique, the debut film from Czech writer-director Adam Sedlák, that a hug would be a fitting consolation at the end….
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…