Film Review: Ride Like a Girl (2019)
byRegardless of your views on the horse racing industry, Michelle Payne’s story was always going to be a movie. Tragedy, injury, humour, small-town girl…
Rachel Griffiths
Film Review: Don’t Tell (2017)
byIn 2012, then Prime Minister Julia Gillard called for a Royal Commission into the sexual abuse claims levelled against the Catholic Church. Since then,…
Film Review: David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
byRemember that day when At the Movies finished on television and there was no more David and Margaret? It left a dark hole indeed. Their…
Film Review: Saving Mr Banks (2013)
byWhen we watch a film, we often lose focus on the complexities and persuasion that it took behind the scenes to get a film even into production. As is the case with the production of Mary Poppins in the early 1960s when Walt Disney finally lured Poppins author P.L. Travers to Hollywood.
MIFF 2013: Patrick (2013)
byA remake of Richard Franklin’s seminal ozploitation favourite, Patrick is a visually assured fictional feature debut for director Mark Hartley, who previously examined the ozploitation subgenre with his exceptional documentary, Not Quite Hollywood.
Film Review: Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)
byUnderground is a thrilling look at the early days of a freedom fighting legend and one of the most prolific characters of our time, featuring an excellent cast of Australian heavyweights including Anthony LaPaglia and stunning newcomers including Laura Wheelwright who plays Assange’s young bride and the mother of his son.
Film Review: Burning Man (2011)
byFrom the opening images of Burning Man, we know we are in for an interesting ride.
Recently and lazily viewed
byOkay, so there’s a lot that I’ve seen of late, and like the lazy person that I was when I started this blog with…