Film Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
byThis certainly isn’t Alice’s Wonderland – that quaint dreamscape of Lewis Carroll’s, where twisted logic and thoughts aloud craft both perfect linguistic sense and utter…
Mia Wasikowska
Film Review: Crimson Peak (2015)
byWine and cheese. Alcohol and kebabs. Meat pies and tomato sauce. Guillermo Del Toro and horror. All these things are pretty great individually but…
Film Review: Madame Bovary (2015)
byOver the years there have been umpteen adaptations of Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel Madame Bovary, going all the way back to 1932. It has…
Film Review: Maps to the Stars (2014)
byIn Maps to the Stars, director David Cronenberg throws a satirical spotlight on Hollywood, highlighting the fickle superficiality of the entertainment industry through a…
Film Review: Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)
byVampire films have abounded in the last couple of years, but even so, Jim Jarmusch has managed to craft his own unique addition to…
Film Review: Tracks (2013)
byIt’s hard to say what inspired Robyn Davidson to embark on a 2700-kilometre journey across desert, unqualified and perhaps unsuspecting of exactly what she…
Film Review: Stoker (2013)
byImbued with a mysterious undercurrent and filled with memorable images the film is certainly a visually immersive experience with strong performances all around, but the film’s slow pacing and slightly disjointed editing prevent the film from being a more cohesive whole and making a stronger impact at its crescendo.
Film Review: Lawless (2012)
byI usually steer clear of John Hillcoat films, not that they’re bad, but because their hyper-realism leaves me feeling utterly depressed and questioning the…
Thievish Thursdays: Suburban Mayhem (2006)
byOur first Thievish Thursday takes a brief look at the irreparable effects of crime over the family unit, in celebration of the new ABC1 series…
Film Review: Albert Nobbs (2011)
byTo say choices for women were limited over a hundred years ago does not even begin to grasp the situation. By this standard, the…