Where we fight all things #SydFilmFest, what we’re seeing and what to look out for with Film Club’s Ian Barr & 2SER’s Stephen Hill
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 […]
MIRRAH FOULKES ON ‘JUDY AND PUNCH’ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
“It’s a pretty unusual film, it’s a fictionalised origin story about the infamous Punch and Judy puppet play”
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
FILM FIGHT CLUB S3E16: SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
Where we fight about all things Sydney Film Festival, what we’re seeing and what you should see with the Film in Revolt crew and 2SER’s Stephen Hill
NEVER LOOK AWAY
Earning the time to tell this story, The Lives of Others Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has triumphed again
SOPHIE HYDE ON ANIMALS’ #SYDFILMFEST Premiere
“Animals is about two women around their early thirties and figuring out whether can continue to party and live together and be wild or whether there’s something else they want in life.” “I love Dublin […]
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?
CAROLINA HELLSGARD ON GERMAN ECO-ZOMBIE THRILLER ‘ENDZEIT – EVER AFTER’
“Endzeit is a mashup of a zombie horror movie, a road movie and a buddy movie and also a German fairy-tale. It’s about two young women who are mismatched and embarking on a journey”
FILM FIGHT CLUB S3E15: SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR NASHEN MOODLEY & SFF PREVIEWS
Where we chat all things #SydFilmFest, trends & late announcements with Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley & preview flicks premiering over the coming few days
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
A DOG CALLED MONEY
PJ Harvey wasn’t up for recording a regular album, so she took it on the road
DIVINE LOVE
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
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 […]
FILM FIGHT CLUB S3E14: #SYDFILMFEST DOCUMENTARIES, ROCKETMAN & ALADDIN
Where we chat all things #SydFilmFest with Documentary Program Co-ordinator Jenny Neighbour, Guess Why They Call It The Blues and fight about Aladdin till we’re blue in the face
