Where we fight about whether John McEnroe was well cast as Shia LaBeouf, Harry Dean Stanton’s ‘Lucky,’ how many deaths you can fit into a movie in ‘Blade of the Immortal’ and chat all things […]
THE MAD MAX MUSEUM YOU HAVE TO VISIT
“It was down to the fact that there wasn’t really anything here that really paid homage to what was the biggest film Australia had ever made, the film that put the place on the map.” […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 29: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS & THE BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL
Where we fight about Kenneth Branagh’s take on Belgium’s most famous detective and the only thing more English than Kenneth Branagh – the British Film Festival, with special guest Adelle Drover from Roll […]
THINGS YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Kenneth Branagh casting himself as the lead in his own movie; Close-ups of Kenneth Branagh; Lots of close-ups of Kenneth Branagh; A moustache that alone merited this movie being made in 3D; A moustache-guard (to […]
WINDA FILM FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAULINE CLAGUE ON CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS CINEMA
Now in it’s second year, the WINDA Film Festival, dedicated to showcasing the work of Indigenous filmmakers around the world, is set to kick off in Sydney this November. WINDA Artistic Director Pauline Clague sat […]
DETROIT
Sometimes, less is more. Kathryn Bigelow’s drama revolving around the 1967 Detroit riots and one infamous incident involving Police Officers and several locals had very grand ambitions. Attempting a three act structure to depict the […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 28: DETRIOT, THOR: RAGNAROK & BLADE RUNNER 2049
Where we fight about Kathryn Bigelow’s latest, getting hammered with the God of thunder & whether Ryan Gosling dreams of electric sheep – join Glen Falkenstein, Virat Nehru and Chris Evans Wednesdays 7:30 […]
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL
“We are bringing to audiences the best and most high profile British films available and I know that this is our strongest line up yet.” British Film Festival Director Kim Petalas will be showcasing 20 […]
HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES
One of the latest to hit Aussie shores from Cannes, Neil Gaiman fans won’t be the only ones left wanting. The prolific writer somehow only a marginal fixture in Hollywood, How to Talk to Girls […]
MARY SHELLEY
Mary Shelley may have liked her most recent biopic, but she wouldn’t have written it. Starring Elle Fanning in the lead role, together with Douglas Booth (Percy Shelley), Tom Sturridge (Lord Byron) and Bel Powley […]
SUBURBICON
Suburbicon wants you to think it’s another Coen Brothers classic. Written by the redoubtable pair, Grant Heslov, George Clooney and directed by the latter, it may look and feel like their golden era but lands […]
THOR: RAGNAROK – A CHECKLIST
Irreverent opening extravaganza of little relevance to main story – check A lauded indie/out of left field Director (Taika Waititi) to give the Marvel Cinematic Universe a much needed injection of new – check Return […]
THAT GOOD NIGHT
John Hurt’s last film yet released, itself a reminder of our own merciless mortality, That Good Night’s formidable focus is regretfully the subject of this ineffectual production. Ralph (Hurt), a reclusive, clearly affluent scribe, whose […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB EPISODE 27: SUBURBICON & MOVING TARGET: THE HISTORY & EVOLUTION OF GREEN ARROW
Where we fight about the Coen Brothers’ latest and all things Oliver Queen with Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow author and The Reel Bits Editor Richard Gray – join […]
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
A set of crossroads was apt for Red Line Productions’ A View From The Bridge – it needed little else. Taking place amidst a turbulent period of American history and immigration ever as relevant today, […]
ASSASSINS
Have you ever wondered what would happen if every assassin of an American President got together for a musical? A gaudy romp through the history of infamous and lesser known public enemies, it’s not easy […]
CARGO
Cargo is every emerging filmmaker’s dream. A short, lauded at Tropfest, captures studio eyes with a premise more than worthy of a fully funded feature, here adapted to thrilling if flawed effect. Taking over as […]
SWEET COUNTRY
Sometimes it’s never too early to reckon a film has the makings of a classic. Sweet Country’s setting may be of a time and place yet it is a film that figures well beyond it’s […]
NO END OF BLAME
No End of Blame is a lot of things, but it can’t be everything it tries to be. If we’re going to run the gamut however, it may as well be with Sport for Jove. […]
HAPPY DEATH DAY
Do you ever get the feeling that you’ve seen Groundhog Day more than once? The latest low-budget horror laughathon from Jason Blum begs the comparison not simply by marrying the convention with a cavalcade of […]
BLADE RUNNER 2049
Blade Runner 2049’s most enduring legacy, not unlike it’s predecessor, will no doubt be it’s ability to defy interpretation. Fairly one of the two most anticipated films of 2017, the deftness of the film’s contributions […]
LOVING VINCENT
Taking painting by numbers to a whole new level – Vincent Van Gogh is fittingly the subject of the first ever fully painted feature film. A panoply of the Dutch master’s works are intermingled throughout […]
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