A near-futurist neon-dystopian theological Brazilian sex-sci-fi isn’t what you’d normally come across at the cinema, but that’s why we have Film Festivals
Author: Glen Falkenstein
Glen produces film, theatre and television news, reviews and commentary for a number of outlets, covering Festivals, interviews and events.
Glen lives in Sydney where he enjoys making short films.
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THE MIRACLE OF THE LITTLE PRINCE
Above and beyond all else beautifully shot, the sequences in each of the four locations are rendered stunningly as the lens drifts over landscapes or hovers on daily routines or else
HERE COMES HELL
The title tells you everything you need to know
THE BEST OF DORIEN B.
It’s rare you see a newcomer with such star power but then there’s The Best of Dorien B.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ is something you might never have heard if not for Tennessee Williams. A southernism if ever there was one, one of the titan writer’s most beloved plays is replete […]
AMERICAN PSYCHO THE MUSICAL
American Psycho: The Musical has a fundamental, irreconcilable problem; Patrick Bateman would love it
HIGH FANTASY
Four South African twenty-somethings of diverse racial backgrounds go on a camping trip into the country. Shot on a set of iPhones and largely improvised, they awake one morning to find they’ve switched bodies
MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES 2019 PROGRAM
Weird, searing, strange and wonderful – the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival has launched their 2019 slate! This year’s run features among many entries the story of Marc Hauser (above) who dearly wants to be the […]
ROCKETMAN – THOUGHTS FROM A MOST DEDICATED FAN
Rocketman is not a movie, at least not to me
ALADDIN
They blue it. No, not really, but Disney are back to cash in on our childhoods. Set, of course, in Agrabah, a Kingdom earnestly nondescript so as not to situate us in anything even remotely […]
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 – PARABELLUM
These films are better the second you realise they don’t take place on earth. Yes it looks like our world but New York et al is merely the stage not the setting on which this […]
GAME OF THRONES SERIES FINALE
Spoiler warning: This post contains spoilers for Game of Thrones and the series finale “I imagined a mountain of swords too high to climb, so many fallen enemies who could only see the soles of […]
GAME OF THRONES: THE BELLS
It’s very easy to tell the difference between good Game of Thrones and bad Game of Thrones
THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER
Casting matters. So does chemistry
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY
tinging like a bee, Float Like A Butterfly lands every hook we’ve come to expect from boxing flicks, while unlike almost any that’s made it to the big screen
66TH #SYDFILMFEST PROGRAM LAUNCHES WITH GENRE, HORROR & COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
The truly weird, wacky and wonderful are usually left for those ‘Freak Me Out’ screenings packed by those most dedicated genre fans. Not this year. Launching the 2019 Sydney Film Festival program at Sydney’s Town […]
DUBLIN OLDSCHOOL
An uncommon insight into the less-travelled avenues of Dublin
GAME OF THRONES: SEASON 8 EPISODE 4
When will Game of Thrones stick to what works?
THE LONELY BATTLE OF THOMAS REID
Calling The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid a documentary wouldn’t quite be fair
THE BURIAL OF KOJO
Sometimes simpler is better. The key event and surprise in The Burial of Kojo, which will be ruined for you if you read just about any description of the film, is not what the film […]
AVENGERS: ENDGAME
You don’t need to be told reminded that Avengers: Endgame is the biggest movie of the year, and the biggest comic book movie of all time
THE BATTLE OF WINTERFELL
8 years of build-up, two full episodes sitting around the fireplace with characters and the promise of the longest battle ever filmed is a lot to live up to
