Film Review: 12 Strong (USA, 2018) is as dynamic as it is earnest
Depending how you look at it, 12 Strong‘s insistence on bypassing the usual heavy-handed political messages and overt emotional punches that pertain to war genre films will either be a welcome or...
View ArticleSXSW Film Review: ¡Las Sandinistas! (USA/Nicaragua, 2018) restores some...
The original Sandinistas (AKA the Sandinista National Liberation Front) were a group with the odds stacked against them. By their own admission, they were a bunch of “Poorly armed kids.” But they...
View ArticlePerth Festival Film Review: Under The Tree (Iceland, 2017) is a masterclass...
Neighbourly disputes are really not all that uncommon in the real world, but in Under the Tree, the third feature film from Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigur∂sson, a relatively minor...
View ArticleFilm Review: Love, Simon (USA, 2018) is a sweet, likable and unassuming queer...
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View ArticleFilm Review: Super Troopers 2 (USA, 2018) is mostly an enjoyably goofy,...
First and foremost it must be noted that Super Troopers 2 is indeed a film made for a particular audience. The original 2001 comedy came and went theatrically without much notice, but over the years it...
View ArticleFilm Review: Ocean’s 8 (USA, 2018) proves acceptable escapism that’ll steal...
Whilst it may not quite boast as impressive an ensemble as the original Ocean’s trilogy managed to concoct (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts to name a few), Ocean’s 8 still...
View ArticleSydney Film Festival Review: Beirut (USA, 2018) is an absorbing thriller that...
Aided by a sense of retro charm and bathed in a yellowy hue that appears to be the go-to filter for Hollywood’s take on anything Middle East, Brad Anderson‘s Beirut is an absorbing thriller that...
View ArticleSydney Film Festival Review: Holiday (Denmark, 2018) is an shocking, brutal...
Have you ever seen a film that was so unexpected in its brutality and its disturbing content that you found it unforgettable? Well, one such example screening as part of Sydney Film Festival is...
View ArticleSydney Film Festival Review: Colin Minihan overindulges in tension with What...
Not truly knowing your significant other post-marriage must be a terrifying thought, and it’s one that grounds Colin Minihan‘s What Keeps You Alive in a genuinely frightening premise. Lock that idea up...
View ArticleSydney Film Festival Review: Yellow Is Forbidden (China/NZ, 2017) is an...
Colours have different meanings. In Imperial China, yellow was reserved for the emperor. It was believed to be the centre of everything because it generated yin and yang. For fashion designer, Guo Pei...
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