Film Review: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
byWritten by David Nagle Originally published 23 December 2019 I always try to go into a screening cold, but sometimes it’s impossible to ignore…
Wes Anderson
Film Review: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
byWritten by Kevin Hawkins Originally published 11 October 2018 It would be remiss to talk about Bad Times At The El Royale without naming…
Film Review: Isle of Dogs (2018)
byWritten by David Nagle Originally published 16 April 2018 Animation is the perfect medium for Wes Anderson. The auteur of pastel symmetry likes to…
Film Review: Paddington 2 (2017)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 22 December 2017 “Mrs Brown says that in London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit…
Film Review: Girl Asleep (2015)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 4 September 2016 Here’s one for you: what happens when you mix Wes Anderson, 1970s Australia, Napoleon Dynamite,…
Film Review: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
byWritten by Kevin Hawkins Originally published 18 July 2016 It’s crazy to think there was a time when Alfred Hitchcock was perceived to be…
Film Review: Two-Bit Waltz (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 21 March 2016 Written and directed by Clara Mamet who also stars, Two-Bit Waltz is a charming first feature film….
Film Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
byWritten by Kendal Coombs Originally published 9 April 2014 When SNL recently made a fake trailer for a fake new Wes Anderson film called…
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
byWritten by Paul Flavel Originally published 31 July 2012 It is that exciting time of the year again when Melbourne’s iconic grand dame of…