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I don’t want to tell you about Portrait of a Lady on Fire. I don’t want to discuss its moments of beauty. I don’t want to expose what feels like a secret, the love that exists between two people. I do…
One of the great joys about films is the way that they end up surprising you. Take the joyous Japanese food-western film Tampopo for example. On its surface, it’s just a story about how to make the be…
I know that there are some reviewers who relish the ability to rip into a film that they didn’t like. They may feel that the monopolisation of their time was a waste, that the filmmaker insulted them…
Disney returns to the Elsa-Anna pool of Frozen with the creatively titled Frozen II. Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee reunite to tell the continued story of sisters Anna (Kristen Bell) and Elsa (…
Rachel Griffiths directorial debut, Ride Like a Girl, will end up as being the highest grossing (domestic) Australian film of 2019. This is the retelling of the story of Michelle Payne, the first woma…
The master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, believed in making the audience suffer as much as possible, when crafting one of his pictures. Often quoted as saying, “There is no terror in the bang, only i…
British journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy became one of the most ridiculed interviewers of the decade when he pushed director Quentin Tarantino on the relationship between the violence in his films and…
Directed by James Mangold, Ford v Ferrari stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale as Carroll Shelby, former race car driver turned designer and engineer, and Ken Miles, professional yet unstable driver, r…
Directed, written by, and co-starring Elizabeth Banks, Charlie’s Angels stars Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, and Kristen Stewart as the new Angels of the Charles Townsend Agency, tasked with retrieving a…
I’ll start this review by voicing one of my biggest film related shames: I am not a fan of Pedro Almodovar’s films. I find myself visiting each new Almodovar in the hope that this will be the one to…
Marriage Story is an enriching observation of unity and heartbreak.…
Aussie director Liam Firmager may seem like an odd choice to bring a documentary about the iconic singer-songwriter Suzi Quatro, but as we find out over the films runtime, it may not be that odd given…