The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions
If you took a cursory glance at the list of films nominated for the 2019 AACTA Awards, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there were only five films released this year. With The Nightingale, Hotel Mu…
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The Nightingale Sweeps 2019 AACTA Nominations, While Screenplay Category is Shafted
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale reigns supreme with a total of fifteen nominations for the 2019 AACTA Awards. The colonial set film is closely followed by Hotel Mumbai and The Kingwhich have thirteen…
Escape and Evasion Review - Josh McConville Impresses in Ambitious Aussie War Film
Following on from dark urban fantasy The School, writer and director Storm Ashwood cants in a very different direction with Escape and Evasion, which sees Josh McConville (1%, The Merger) as Seth, a f…
The King Review - A Brutal, Excoriating Warning Siren for the Left
I’m not entirely sure why I doubted the talent of Timothée Chalamet. I adored him in Call Me By Your Name, but was yet to be equally stunned by subsequent performances, leading me to wonder whether he…
Animals Review - A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis
Animals is Sophie Hyde’s film adaption of Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel of the same name. A coming of age film (not the typical teen age range) that’ll hit frighteningly close to home for anyone experien…
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-…
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…
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…
AUSgust - The Second Annual Australian Film Month is Here!
A year ago we kicked off the first annual celebration of Australian films – AUSgust. A whole month dedicated to Australian cinema and the brilliant work that has been made throughout the years. Just…
Boy Erased Review
Watching Boy Erased in Australia is a curious affair. It’s written and directed by one of the great modern Aussie minds – Joel Edgerton (working with the production company he started with his brother…
Island of the Hungry Ghosts - Adelaide Film Festival Review
Poh Lin Lee is a trauma counsellor who lives on Christmas Island with her family. Her job consists of assisting the asylum seekers who have been detained in the detention centre on the remote island.…
Jirga Review
War stories on film are often focused on the soldiers journey, presenting their path in war as an 'us v them' mentality. So rarely do they explore what the 'other side' is going throug…