The Farewell Review - Chris's Take
Written and directed by Lulu Wang, The Farewell stars Awkwafina as Billi, a young woman from New York with Chinese heritage who, after learning her grandmother Nai Nai (Zhao Shuzhen) has lung cancer,…
Rambo: Last Blood Review - As American as a Border Wall
John Rambo is as American as apple pie. Actually, maybe that’s too sweet a comparison. John Rambo is as American as a border wall. Yeah, that feels right. In the catalogue of creations that litter t…
Good Boys Review - Good Boys, Even Better Examples
Buried somewhere between Gangnam Style and dabbing in the pop-culture graveyard, exploitative teenage-comedies rife with casual homophobia, misogyny, and objectification have no place in the 2019 zeit…
Suburban Wildlife Review - Generation Z Angst in the Suburbs of Sydney
Like a comedian recycling his own jokes, I’m going to riff on the opening of my Hot Mess review as I set the scene for why Suburban Wildlife is a good film. Hot Mess and Chocolate Oyster are the step-…
Audio Guide Review - A Promising Sign of the Future of Australian Film
Short films, by their inherent nature, encourage and enforce simplicity. The challenge put forward to the filmmaker is to create a complete and concise story. Sure, some short films appear like proof…
The Farewell Review - Jonathan's Take
Families are peculiar… we laugh, we fight, we cry across all manner of cultures and ethnicities around the world, and yet there are core universal, familial values that anyone can connect and respond…
Downton Abbey Review - An Elaborate Film with Impeccable Performances
Believe it or not, a clown with an appetite for children is not the most frightening figure in cinema’s right now. Quite the opposite. Pennywise would sooner retreat to a sewer than face the unamuse…
Angel of Mine Director Kim Farrant Interview
Travis Akbar catches up with Angel of Mine director, Kim Farrant, to discuss the process of making the film. Read Travis' thoughts on the film here: Inspired by the 2008 French film Mark of an A…
Pimped Review - A Film Searching for a Reason to Exist
This review contains discussions of sexual assault. The thin plot of David Barker’s directorial debut, Pimped, follows apparently wealthy Lewis Blake (Benedict Samuel) and his pal Kenneth Hanson (Rob…
The Faceless Man Review - An Unfortunate Miss, but Not Without Promise
Powered by JustWatch Australian Horror can be hit or miss. On one hand you have hits like Killing Ground, The Babadook, Wolf Creek, and The Loved Ones. On the other you have the misses like Need…
Below Cinefest Oz Review - A Stripped-Back, Pitch-Black Sci-Fi Farce
Every so often you come across a film that fits your sensibilities so closely that you suspect it’s somehow fallen through a crack in reality from a neighbouring universe in which you yourself are a f…
In My Blood it Runs Review - An Important and Educational Documentary
Back in August of 2019, Pauline Hanson decided she’d travel to the NT to climb Uluru, regardless of what Anangu people wanted. In a great form of irony, Hanson got stuck and had to be rescued, swiftly…