Film and culture. Not content.
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A few years ago I wrote a review for Kirby Dick’s horror documentary, The Hunting Ground. In that searing film, Kirby looked at the way rape culture thrived within the American college system, and in…
This is the second remake of the 1974 Canadian slasher movie Black Christmas, and seems to be a remake in name only. The first two Black Christmas’ were about evil degenerate people living in the atti…
Irish Director Lorcan Finnegan flew in to introduce his film, Vivarium, at its Australian premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival, and when he said it was a “mind-bending” film, he wasn’t ly…
I am generally an optimist. I try to find around a way around the negatives by focusing on the positives, but, as most of you would probably know, that is not always possible. Having said that, the fi…
Green Room is a brutal anxiety attack of a film. It heaves and explodes its way through a breathless ninety five minute run time, leaving you exhausted and shaken at the end. Where Blue Ruin hinted at…