The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe Review
Theatre director turned filmmaker Ros Horin presents The Baulkham Hills African Ladies Troupe, the story of a group of African women who fled their homeland, seeking safety in Australia, subsequently…
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Early Winter Review
When we reach the end of our lives, we are forced to look back on the journey that has brought us to our conclusion. We reflect on the people who we’ve interacted with, and the role our families have…
Top Knot Detective Review
If you were growing up in Australia in the nineties, odds are you probably sat down and watched SBS late on a Saturday night. Wedged between Iron Chef and an episode of Eat Carpet, you would no doubt…
Red Billabong Review
Genre pictures are somewhat of a rarity in Australian cinema. Sure, horror films pop up here and there, but they’re mostly ultra-low budget affairs that are successful overseas. The genre pictures I’m…
Down Under Review
Down Under opens with a text message that sparked the fire that was the Cronulla riots. News footage plays out the brutal physical assault on people of all nationalities, wrapping up with a line from…
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Review
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are warned that this post may contain images of deceased persons. There is nothing more unsettling about the film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith than the fact t…
Death in Brunswick Review
For a long while now, Australian comedies have been regularly considered our weakest of film genres. Sure, everybody loves The Castle, a couple of lines from Crocodile Dundee are oft-quoted and Muriel…
Frontline Review
My favourite documentary of all time is Jehane Noujaim's 2004 Control Room. A film about the media’s involvement in the Iraq War in the early 2000's, with special focus on Al Jazeera. It's…
What Lola Wants Review - A Tarantino-esque American Road Movie Through Aussie Eyes
What Lola Wants is a pulpy American road movie through Australian eyes. Starring Sophie Lowe and Beau Knapp, this is Rupert Glasson’s follow up to the enjoyable-enough Coffin Rock. Lowe stars as Lola…