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The King of Staten Island Review - A Nice Drama with a Dash of Comedy

The King of Staten Island Review - A Nice Drama with a Dash of Comedy

Andrew F Peirce Jul 14, 2020 6 min read
Reviews Comedy Drama Judd Apatow Marisa Tomei Pete Davidson Review Steve Buscemi The King of Staten Island

Powered by JustWatch The blanket branding of Judd Apatow’s filmography as being 100% comedies works against viewers expectations, who may be led to believe from the poster that they’re sitting d…

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VHYes Review - A Brilliantly Bonkers Genre-Orgy of a Film

VHYes Review - A Brilliantly Bonkers Genre-Orgy of a Film

Andrew F Peirce Jul 14, 2020 3 min read
Films Reviews Comedy Couched genre mashup horror Jack Henry Robbins Kerri Kenney-Silver Mason McNulty Rahm Braslaw Revelation Film Festival Susan Sarandon Tim Robbins VHYes

The genre pigeonhole that the utterly bizarre and joyously unique film VHYes has been shoved into is ‘comedy’, but really, that’s too broad a category for this brilliantly bonkers genre-orgy of a film…

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New WA Smartphone Filmmaking Competition Encourages Filmmakers To Get Back Behind the Camera

Press Releases Jul 13, 2020 1 min read
Articles filmmaking short film WA Made Film Festival

The WA Made Film Festival has partnered with Buy West Eat Best to offer WA filmmakers and residents an opportunity to scratch their creative itch by making a short film using their smartphones. The n…

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Descent Review - A Dead-Cold Reflection

Descent Review - A Dead-Cold Reflection

Travis Akbar Jul 12, 2020 1 min read
Reviews Descent Diving MDFF Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Review

Descent is a beautiful film. It follows professional free diver Kiki Bosch as she free dives in the coldest water possible. Taking one deep breath, and without a wetsuit, Kiki delves into the depths…

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Shirley Review - A Film Made of Tremendously Seductive Dreams and Nightmares

Shirley Review - A Film Made of Tremendously Seductive Dreams and Nightmares

Nadine Whitney Jul 9, 2020 7 min read
Reviews Drama Elisabeth Moss Josephine Decker Michael Stuhlbarg Odessa Young Review Shirley Shirley Jackson

Powered by JustWatch With Shirley, director Josephine Decker has created a film that is not in any way a literal or traditional biographic rendering of the novelist Shirley Jackson. Instead, it…

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{Perspectives} Jon Julio Review - Five Minutes You Won't Forget

{Perspectives} Jon Julio Review - Five Minutes You Won't Forget

Travis Akbar Jul 7, 2020 2 min read
Reviews Dom West Jon Julio Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Perspective Perspectives

I used to love skateboarding, mainy runs on the skateboard was a regular in my youth, but sadly, the height of my skills was landing a kickflip – once. So skateboarding wasn’t a love of mine for a lon…

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Interview with The Walrus and the Whistleblower director Nathalie Bibeau - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Interview with The Walrus and the Whistleblower director Nathalie Bibeau - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Travis Akbar Jul 7, 2020 3 min read
Interviews documentary film Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Phil Demers Smooshie Walrus Whistelblower

The short is that The Walrus and the Whistleblower is interesting. The 2020 documentary which is directed by Nathalie Bibeau follows former ‘Marineland’ trainer Phil Demers as he tries to rescue a Wa…

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Below Review – Packing Punches like No Other!

Below Review – Packing Punches like No Other!

Travis Akbar Jul 7, 2020 3 min read
Reviews Immigrant Maziar Lahooti movie Prison fight Review Ryan Corr

Ryan Corr stars in Below as a careless, scummy cyber-bunk named Dougie. He can’t seem to really get anything right and he’s also pretty unlucky – as demonstrated by the severe opening scenes of Dougie…

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8 Short Docs not to be missed - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

8 Short Docs not to be missed - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Travis Akbar Jul 7, 2020 4 min read
Reviews clockumentary country Film Festival indigenous Perspectives rollerblading sea rogue short documentary short film

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is afoot, and there are plenty of films to watch, from 5 minutes to feature length. It’s hard to know what to choose so I did some choosing for you. I’ve crafte…

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Batman and Me Director Michael Wayne Interview - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Batman and Me Director Michael Wayne Interview - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Travis Akbar Jul 7, 2020 3 min read
Interviews DC Comics fun Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Michael Keaton Tim Burton

Batman & Me follows Darren Maxwell. Darren seems like a good bloke, an average Joe who works hard and lives a peaceful life. He’s made some short films and been on family feud. But what is most i…

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Crypto Rush Review – A Visual Feast but an Information Overload

Crypto Rush Review – A Visual Feast but an Information Overload

Travis Akbar Jul 6, 2020 2 min read
Reviews Crypto Rush cryptocurrency documentary Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Review

I need to start this review by saying, in all honesty, I did not come out of watching Crypto Rush with much more of an understanding of crypto currency before I went in. So please don’t ask me about i…

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Interview with Wongar Director Andrijana Stojkovic - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Interview with Wongar Director Andrijana Stojkovic - Melbourne Documentary Film Festival

Travis Akbar Jul 6, 2020 8 min read
Interviews documentary Indigenous culture Interview Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Wongar

Wongar, the feature documentary that follows controversial author Sreten Bozic aka B. Wongar is now streaming at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Director Andrijana Stojkovic talks about her e…

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