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…
What is This Website About? and the Importance of Supporting Critics
At the end of Rachel Ward’s Directors Chair discussion at 2019’s Cinefest Oz, she was asked a question about what advice she would give her younger self. Her response, just like the rest of her talk,…
It Chapter Two Review - An Eagerly Unsettling Affair
It Chapter Two kicks off twenty-seven years after the events of the first film. The majority of the Losers club have left Derry and made lives for themselves elsewhere, except for Mike (Isaiah Mustafa…
Angel of Mine Review - A Well Intentioned Thriller that Misses the Mark
Angel of Mine is Kim Farrant’s Australian psychological thriller that takes a deeper look into idyllic suburban family life and tells the story of Lizzie (Noomi Rapace), a beauty therapist and grievin…
Dragged Across Concrete Review - A Tremendous and Impactful Film
In 2015 S. Craig Zahler came out with Bone Tomahawk, his directorial debut. While I was disappointed that Timothy Olyphant dropped out of the original cast, I was absolutely delighted when I watched t…
The Babadook Review - An Endlessly Haunting Film
What do want from a horror film? When you see a poster or a trailer for the latest wide-release horror movie, what makes you want to see it? A particular leading actor or actress? Established credibil…