The Set Review - Important, Invaluable, but Not Good
Powered by JustWatch The lesson to be taken from the 1970 Australian film The Set, recently released for home audiences by Bounty Films, is that “important” is not the same as “good”. Widely rec…
Longest Day in Chang'an Review - An Inventive Imagining of Tang China that Deserves a Wide Audience
In 8th century China, ex-Sleuthhound captain Zhang Xiaojing (Lei Jiayin) is given a 24 hour reprieve from his death-row prison cell to aid the newly formed Peacekeeper Corps foil an imminent terrorist…
“The Gentleman’s War is Over”: Breaker Morant at 40
Of all the directorial careers to emerge from the Australian film industry, Bruce Beresford’s pre-Hollywood run of films from 1972 to 1981 may be the most fascinating. Beresford’s first two films, The…
St Maud Review - This Film Will haunt You Long After its Flames Have Extinguished
St Maud is a disturbing first feature by writer/director Rose Glass. In an effort that is nuanced, and intelligent Glass delivers a horror film that is both unsettlingly original yet also harkens to a…
The Hunt Review - A Suitably Broad and Over the Top Violent Horror Comedy
After being unceremoniously dumped from Universal’s release schedule last year following a series of mass shootings in the US, Craig Zobel’s entertaining horror-comedy The Hunt will finally get in fro…
Hunter: For the Record Review - An Intimate and Energetic Ode to an Aussie Hip-hop Icon
The Aussie hip-hop scene wouldn't be what it is without the presence of one man: Hunter. Helping establish the Perth rap scene, Hunter was a part of the MC collective known as Syllabolix (SBX),…
Ten Aussie Horror Films That'll Leave You Frightened This Friday the Thirteenth
Another Friday the Thirteenth rolls around, and naturally, our minds are reaching for something truly terrifying to tingle our spines on this day of horror and bad luck. While the deep well of horror…
Dark Waters Review - A Mere Theatrical Presentation of a Wikipedia Article
It is highly likely you have the poisonous chemical PFOA, used in the production of Teflon, in your system. 99% of people in the US have it. This is a fact shown in Dark Waters, the film based on th…
Queen & Slim Review - Love Takes the Wheel in Lena Waithe's Powerfully Political Outlaw Love Story
For Black Americans, being pulled over by police risks more than just an expensive fine. It becomes a matter of life and death. The manner whereby police interaction can escalate into gunfire has be…
Discussing Diversity With Annie Murtagh-Monks: The Heights, Casting, and the Global Financial Crisis
The legacy of Annie Murtagh-Monks precedes her. Her casting work on movies like Japanese Storyand Rabbit Proof Fence, and TV shows like Ship to Shore and Sweat, helped bring a welcome and much needed…
Shakedown Review - A Welcome Journey Into an Underrepresented Part of the LGBTIQA+ Community
It doesn’t take long for Shakedown, Leilah Weinraub’s documentary about the LA lesbian dance scene in the 90’s and 00’s, to remind viewers how heavily gendered LGBTIQ+ mainstream documentaries are tow…
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street Review - Intriguing Subject Matter Lost in a Bland Repetition Cycle
Great documentaries are few and far between. Unlike narrative features, there contains a certain lack of control. After all, real life does not adhere to a three-act structure, reshoots, or rewrites.…