Film and culture. Not content.
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Director and screenwriter Kitty Green’s first foray into the world of fictional filmmaking, The Assistant, is a quiet film with a loud premise about the culture that creates a hostile environment for…
This review contains spoilers. Every first sentence I’ve tried to write for this review I have ended up deleting in frustration. I don’t know where to begin with New Zealander Ant Timpson’s first ful…
Escape from Pretoria. The South Australian filmed, Daniel Radcliffe starring thriller is available for rent (for a hefty price) so I decided to check it out. The Coronavirus restrictions have ensured…
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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…