Film Review: How to Change the World (2015)
byWith a clickbaity title and glowing endorsements from Greenpeace, you could be excused for thinking Jerry Rothwell’s How to Change the World is an…
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Film Review: Citizenfour (2014)
byEdward Snowden, or Ed, as he likes to be called, is the iconic spy of the 21st century. In January 2013, he began sending…
Film Review: 20,000 Days On Earth (2014)
by20,000 Days On Earth is effectively a staged documentary that purports to follow Australian born music legend Nick Cave on his titular anniversary. Throughout…
Film Review: What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
byHollywood’s obsession with the undead has become an international epidemic, with New Zealand the latest to have caught the bug. But there’s nothing Twilight…
Film Review – Locke (2014)
byConstructing a building. Dismantling a life. These are the dual organizing principles of Steven Knight’s absorbing film Locke. Ivan Locke (Tom Hardy) is a…
Film Review: Omar (2013)
by“You can’t become a freedom fighter by just watching”. Taking at its heart the Israeli/Palestine conflict, Omar focusses on its title character (Adam Bakri),…
Film Review: Adult World (2013)
byWhen we meet the ‘eccentric’ wannabe poet Amy (Emma Roberts), she is sticking her head in an oven in an act of desperation a…
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: The Outlaw Michael Howe (2013)
byThe year is 1815, the place: Van Diemen’s Land. After being established as a penal colony by the British who have also settled the…
Film Review: Fly Me To The Moon (2012)
byIn most romantic films, the good girl gets the good guy, vindicating all of the audiences’ wildest dreams. Without changing the formula too much, Pascal Chaumeil’s Fly Me To The Moon manages to throw a curve ball into the mix, concocting a situation where two good guys are competing for the affections of a despicable female lead.