Joyous, littered with great performers and frequently unimaginative, Booksmart deserves to be seen even if it’s but patches of what came before
Category: Reviews
Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4 doesn’t need to exist but I’m so glad it does
Always Be My Maybe
Netflix aren’t short on romcoms or talent. Here’s the latest and being average is about the best thing it has going for it
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Peter Parker says “friendly neighbourhood” Spider-Man one too many times
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
One rarely expects a film as good as ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ to come along and we are always glad when it does.
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya
A solid premise matters little when the execution can barely match it
Dirty God
In a Festival beset by unnecessary controversies and ill-considered depictions of violence, Dirty God showed us how well it can be done
The Unknown Saint
There’s no better place for dry humour than the desert. Couldn’t resist
Hail Satan?
Possibly the only Sydney Film Festival title ever to feature a question mark
Parasite
Hundreds of films screen every year at the Sydney Film Festival and you can’t always rely on the best one, or close to it, getting it’s dues
Standing Up For Sonny
Everyone involved in this movie wants you to like it, so, so much
The Dead Don’t Die
What a waste of everyone’s time.
Us, the cast, Jim Jarmusch; everyone except Tilda Swinton who here made magic all on her lonesome
JUDY and PUNCH & THE NIGHTINGALE
Note: Plot point discussions follow for Judy and Punch and The Nightingale It’s incredibly disquieting that two revenge flicks, both supported by Australian State funding agencies, both starring Damon Herriman in the role of an […]
PAIN AND GLORY
We don’t deserve Pedro Almodovar; thank God he disagrees
APOLLO 11
The Apollo 11 mission might be one of the last things that might typically call for a suspense-ridden retelling. Thankfully, the filmmakers didn’t listen
NEVER LOOK AWAY
Earning the time to tell this story, The Lives of Others Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has triumphed again
GHOST TOWN ANTHOLOGY
It’s rare that a film with such efficient storytelling could flounder for nearly two hours.
ENDZEIT – EVER AFTER
Are zombie movies experiencing a fatigue or a renaissance?
THE WEDDING GUEST
A British gun for hire, a wedding, a less than willing bride and a mysterious stranger. What could possibly go wrong? Well, ‘The Wedding Guest’
LEFTOVER WOMEN
That which we do garner from these intimate portraits in their depiction of that so affecting our subjects’ lives is moving and, due in no small part to each of the leads’ willingness to share and be so open, roundly impacting
