Wings Review - 1st Best Picture Winner Review
William A. Wellman’s masterful war epic, Wings, holds the honour of kicking off the Academy Awards by winning the Best Outstanding Picture award. While the grander, undeniable masterpiece of cinema, S…
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Le Miroir Short Film Review - An Utterly Charming Burst of Creativity
The idea of luck, or chance, is a novel one that provides a fertile ground for a creative mind to grow in. Sometimes it means being in the right moment to catch a film that grips a mind and pushes it…
The Daughter Review – A Powerful and Atmospheric Film that Lingers and Disturbs
The Daughter is an exquisite rendering of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck set in a small logging community in rural NSW, Simon Stone’s first feature is remarkably assured as it transposes Ibsen’s tragedy…
Saint Frances Review - A Proudly Feminist, Eagerly Sweet Millennial Coming-of-Age Film
Joining the seemingly never-ending list of millennial-made films about adults learning life lessons from kids is the eagerly sweet Saint Frances. Directed by Alex Thompson, and written by and starring…
Quibi Review - A Quick Bite Rundown of a Quick Bite Service
A ‘quibi’ review of Quibi What is Quibi? A Streaming service. How can I watch it? On your phone (and that’s it). How much does it cost? $12.99 per month. How do I pronounce Quibi? Fuck Knows. So,…
Charlie Says Review – A Muddied Character Study that Feels Incomplete
In the space of two years, three films about the Manson family murders appeared to varying degrees of critical and commercial success. The universally panned 2019 Hilary Duff vehicle The Haunting of S…
Lucy in the Sky Review - A Strange and Wild Film, and Not in a Good Way
Written and directed by Noah Hawley, Lucy in the Sky stars Natalie Portman as Lucy Cola, a brilliant yet deeply troubled astronaut who begins to have an affair with the charming and handsome fellow as…
The Man is SID 6.7: Russell Crowe Goes Dark Again
Let’s be honest, Coronavirus has killed a lot of people, screwed the economy, and given a lot of people an unwanted and unaffordable holiday. In the scheme of things, not being able to go to the cinem…
Sutaffu Music Group and Top Knot Detective presents: Top Knot Detective: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
For the past week I’ve been vibing on one of the coolest, more unexpected arrivals on the film landscape right now: The truly excellent, beyond entertaining, Aussie film Top Knot Detective original s…
Come to Daddy Review - A Tonally Confused Work of Gunk and Grime
You ever watch a movie and think “what was that really supposed to be?” or “how am I supposed to feel?”. That was Come to Daddy for me, plain and simple. I would say that going into a movie knowing a…
Carmentis Review - Proof of a Great Director on the Rise
Australia isn’t well known for its sci-fi films, but it’s clear that with his visionary short film Carmentis, writer-director Antony Webb intends to change that mentality. Made over many years in Pert…
Color Out Of Space Review - Yet Another Begrudging Ride on the Nicolas Cage-Express to Camp-city
Taking the supernatural sensibilities of H.P. Lovecraft’s beloved 1927 sci-fi tale and transporting into contemporary America, writer-director Richard Stanley overloads Color Out of Space with enough…