Film Review: A Silent Voice (2016)
byThe latest in a string of excellent anime films to hit Australian cinemas following last year’s Your Name and The Red Turtle comes A…
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Film Review: The Country Doctor (2016)
byFilms predicated on the chasm between city and country people can often fall into the territory of twee without much effort – farmyard geese…
Film Review: Clash (2016)
byThe Arab Spring. It’s one of those topics that everyone knows the name of, but very few of us over here in the West…
Film Review: A Man Called Ove (2015)
bySwedish cinema can lay claim to giving the cinematic world more than its fair share of great drama. Think of Ingmar Bergman giving us the…
Film Review: The Eagle Huntress (2016)
byAround the time of International Women’s Day, this Australian release is rather perfectly timed. Documentary The Eagle Huntress, directed by Otto Bell, narrated by Daisy Ridley, and…
Film Review: The Dancer (2016)
byIt’s that time of year again when the tricolore flutters in the breeze, the air smells faintly of baguettes and the works of Albert Camus…
Film Review: The Salesman (2016)
byAfter making what many consider to be the best film of 2011 with his masterpiece A Separation and competing for the Palme d’Or with…
Film Review: Aquarius (2016)
byClara is many things: a retired music critic, a widow, a cancer survivor, a mother to three adult children. Now she is a stumbling…
Film Review: The Handmaiden (2016)
byWith The Handmaiden, director Park Chan-wook (perhaps best known for Oldboy) adds another visually indulgent and thematically risqué film to his resume. The screenplay,…
Film Review: Toni Erdmann (2016)
byToni Erdmann may be the funniest film to hit cinemas in a long time. Its 162-minute runtime is peppered with inappropriate, kinetic jokes and…