War epics more often than not revolve around the key or decisive battles, the grand, sweeping calls to arms or the impact, whatever it may be, of victory and defeat. Not this one. Centred on […]
TRANSMILITARY
Documentaries can recount, expound or explain so much – but it’s always better when they’re right there. Chronicling the struggles and campaign by members of the transgender community who have enlisted in the US Armed […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E45: JEWISH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, HALLOWEEN & FIRST MAN
Where we wish everyone a Happy Halloween, are not the first men to talk about First Man and chat all things Jewish International Film Festival with Fest Director Eddie Tamir – Wednesdays 7:30PM […]
FIRST MAN
What is this movie about? It’s one of the first questions this author asks themselves whenever commencing a piece, though this one has me a little puzzled. Ostensibly it’s about Neil Armstrong and the years, […]
HALLOWEEN
It would have been so easy to rehash, remake, give us two hours of fan-service or just re-release the original and walk away with a tidy profit. It would also have been a non-event; instead, […]
BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
Bad Times at the El Royale indeed. The bare premise, one of the only threads laid bare in some very cagey promotion, is one of those ideas with the most abounding potential. A hotel, half […]
UFO
Speculative, notional sci-fi, usually the domain of more abstract offerings, aren’t often melded with kids flicks. Thankfully, there were a few gutsy earthlings willing to give it a go. For UFO is above all a […]
Giving Up The Ghost
Grief takes a lot of forms – rarely is it so animated. Rivka Hartman’s Giving up the Ghost, the first play staged at the new Limelight on Oxford, is tragically all too familiar. Emerging from a […]
STAR
Have you ever noticed how many flicks have a passing, momentary or even not insignificant shot of the starry sky overlaid with dialogue, anticipation, or perhaps nothing at all? Have you taken those scenes for […]
A STAR IS BORN
Most movies are made by movie stars for people who are not movie stars. Most movies. Now the third American remake of a story with more than one iconic interpretation, characters in Bradley Cooper’s version, […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E42: SCIFI FILM FESTIVAL’S SIMON FOSTER & A STAR IS BORN
Where we chat all things SciFi Film Festival with Program Director Simon Foster – at Event Cinemas George Street from Oct 18-21 – and fight about whether A Star Is Born lives up […]
BLIND MAN DEATH STARE – FILMONIK MELBOURNE
Produced as part of Filmonik Kabaret 2018 in Bakehouse Studios, Melbourne
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E41: SF3 SMARTFONE FLICK FEST & WHAT IS DEMOCRACY’S ASTRA TAYLOR
Where we review the best smartphone filmmaking on offer at the SF3 Gala and chat all things What is Democracy with Director Astra Taylor, screening at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival – tune […]
SF3 GALA 2018 SHOWS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH AN IPHONE OR SAMSUNG
“Smartphone filmmaking has come a long way – thank you for supporting the democratisation of filmmaking” SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest co-founders Angela Blake and Alison Crew welcomed the Festival’s largest-ever crowd to last night’s Gala, […]
A SIMPLE FAVOR
A Simple Favor is a lot of things. It’s a thriller, a mystery and a comedy but, importantly, it is not a parody. Watching this, and you really should stop reading this (spoiler-free) review (but […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E40: SF3 FINALISTS REN THACKHAM & LAUREN ORRELL + A SIMPLE FAVOUR
Where we chat all things smartphone filmmaking with SmartFone Flick Fest SF3 finalists Lauren Orrell & Ren Thackham & more than simply favour ‘A Simple Favour’ – Wednesdays 7:30PM on 2SER and subscribe […]
MANDY
Nicolas Cage: The Movie is here. That’s right, internet; you spoke, and the film Gods heard you. For this is not a film about a couple (Cage and Andrea Riseborough) and their quiet sojourn in […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E39: QUEERSCREEN FESTIVAL DIRECTOR LISA ROSE & SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS
Where we chat all things Queerscreen 2018 with Festival Director Lisa Rose and fight about favourite flicks from our weird and wonderful weekends at the Sydney Underground Film Festival – Subscribe to the […]
THE GREEN FOG
If you’re an Alfred Hitchcock fan, you’ve probably noticed that Vertigo has gone up in the public’s estimation. Jumping from #61 to #9 on the American Film Institute’s latest Top 100 list, the film is […]
THE BILL MURRAY STORIES: LIFE LESSONS LEARNT FROM A MYTHICAL MAN
“If we’re kind and polite, the world will be right.” There’s a reason Paddington 2 has been a monster success, and it’s the same reason why The Bill Murray Stories will resonate stronger than it might have in years […]
‘POWER MERI’ WORLD PREMIERE TO TAKE PLACE AT PASIFIKA FILM FESTIVAL
“At a time when women’s sport in Australia is enjoying unprecedented growth, exposure and opportunity, I hope the film will inspire women and girls in Australia to follow their dreams in sport or in life.” […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S2E38: SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR STEFAN POPESCU
Where we pause our fighting to chat all things weird and wonderful at Sydney Underground Film Festival with Festival Director Stefan Popescu – kicking off this weekend at Marrickville’s Factory Theatre – tune in […]
