Film Review: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
byI always try to go into a screening cold, but sometimes it’s impossible to ignore the noise around a film. Taika Waititi‘s latest is…
Wes Anderson
Film Review: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
byIt would be remiss to talk about Bad Times At The El Royale without naming the elephant in the room, so let’s be upfront…
Film Review: Isle of Dogs (2018)
byAnimation is the perfect medium for Wes Anderson. The auteur of pastel symmetry likes to mould the world to fit his preferred aesthetic, so…
Film Review: Paddington 2 (2017)
by“Mrs Brown says that in London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.” That was Paddington Brown in 2014. Clearly Mrs…
Film Review: Girl Asleep (2015)
byHere’s one for you: what happens when you mix Wes Anderson, 1970s Australia, Napoleon Dynamite, coming-of-age drama and the Mighty Boosh? It’s impossible to…
Film Review: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
byIt’s crazy to think there was a time when Alfred Hitchcock was perceived to be more of an entertainer than an artist. It’s even…
Film Review: Two-Bit Waltz (2014)
byWritten and directed by Clara Mamet who also stars, Two-Bit Waltz is a charming first feature film. Taking cues from Wes Anderson’s nostalgic stylings, Mamet has…
Film Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
byWhen SNL recently made a fake trailer for a fake new Wes Anderson film called The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders and quoted The…
Film Review: A Glimpse Inside The Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
byThe best way to describe Charles Swan III is that it feels like an unfunny episode of Family Guy, in which the plot walks off on tangents so wild that it’s easy to forget the primary storyline.
New Astor Theatre Season Launches
byIt is that exciting time of the year again when Melbourne’s iconic grand dame of cinema, The Astor, releases it’s new season calendar of…