With only six feature films under his belt, the thirty-something filmmaker Sebastian Silva, is enjoying a retrospective at MIFF and discussed his 2013 feature ‘Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus’. “It’s a movie based on […]
In The Mouth of Madness
Outspoken journalist, Michael Ware, shakes the foundations with his documentary, ‘Only The Dead’. “You’re watching one man’s descent into dark madness, but that would be the most wafer-thin reading of the film.” Australian journalist and […]
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
If you could star in your favourite movie, would you do it? Well these guys did. 11 year-olds Chris, Eric and Jayson saw cult classic Raiders of the Lost Ark on its initial release and […]
DANNY SAYS
A jukebox movie of sorts, Danny Says takes us through The Beatles, The Stooges, Iggy Pop and any number of famed 60’s/70’s acts, told through the eyes and experience of behind the scenes music icon […]
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Idol. Visionary. Demon. Saviour. Prick. A very complex picture of Apple CEO and inventor Steve Jobs gets painted in Alex Gibney’s biopic, one ofmany feature films and documentaries made following the controversial figure’s death. The […]
Metafour
An hour of abstract surrealism, the cleverly-titled Metafour consists of four short plays by the divisive Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. The action begins even before the curtains open with absurdist performers ushering theatre-goers to their […]
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION
The best Mission: Impossible since the original, Rogue Nation does not disappoint. Setting a high bar with an already widely-publicized pre-credits sequence where a presumably 53 year-old Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) hangs off the side […]
SELF/LESS
In 2009, Buffy creator Joss Whedon captured our imaginations with the short-lived Dollhouse, a sci-fi action series where the minds of deceased, frail, creative and/or uber-rich people could be implanted into living hosts or dolls, […]
Spectre trailer ft. Dr. No Theme
The James Bond series has a lot of great numbers and soundtracks, but nothing compares to the original. Here’s my cut of the Spectre trailer with the original John Barry theme, enjoy!
Your Mission…
‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’, the fifth feature film entry is about to smash into cinemas, so here is your crib notes guide to the blockbuster series. Every entry has been released approximately five years […]
RUBEN GUTHRIE
“Australians don’t want to be told we’re doing something wrong… we like to see ourselves on screen, but not criticized.” Brendan Cowell addressed a huge gathering at the Sydney Apple Store following a screening of […]
Song of the Sea
Song of the Sea had its Irish premiere earlier this evening at the Galway Film Fleadh. Glen Falkenstein sent us this review from the film’s Australian premiere at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Films routinely […]
Magic Mike XXL
Arriving at the Magic Mike XXL premiere, we were greeted by a line of shirtless men with more six-packs on display than a Dan Murphy’s on Origin night. Waiting nearby while my friend took a […]
MEN
Three men, one woman and a great script were all that was needed for a humorous, engaging and consistently entertaining night of theatre. The three male personalities, Jules the narcissist (Sean Hawkins), a sex-crazed Bob […]
Terminator Genisys
He’s back. A Terminator sequel/prequel/reboot/uncategorized instalment being inevitable, Director Alan Taylor (Thor 2) has gone the route of the recent Star Trek adaptations and set the summer blockbuster in an alternate yet very familiar timeline. […]
Mr Holmes – Clueless, my dear Watson
Based on Mitch Cullin’s novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, Sir Ian McKellen plays a 93-year-old Sherlock, wiling away his retirement on the Dover coast and slowly losing his great faculties. Replacing Dr Watson […]
OUT OF NATURE
The second feature from Norwegian star/writer/director, Ole Giaever, Out of Nature chronicles the weekend of frustrated officer-worker/family man, Martin (Ole Giaever), as he embarks on a solo mountain hike. Told through the narration of his inner […]
THE FALLING
The characters in this film spend most of its running time feeling disorientated and deeply confused… and so do we. The Falling stars Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams as Lydia, the first of many students […]
The Absent One
“…the latest in a line of promising and highly-involving Scandinavian murder-mysteries.” Danish detective Carl Morck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) re-opens an investigation into the 20 year-old murder of twins after their retired police-officer father commits suicide. […]
STRANGERLAND
“I was interested in the theme of how we deal with life when crisis hits us… What happens when you move to a remote place and your kids go missing, every parent’s nightmare.” Strangerland director […]
TANGERINE
“We wanted to exploit the iphone and see what we could do with it.” Director Sean Baker was in Sydney to promote his new film TANGERINE which had its Australian premiere this week as part of […]
Re: Memory
A trust exercise extrapolated into theatre, Re: Memory is a distinctive performance piece not meant for passive theatre-goers. Limited to ten per show, patrons are blindfolded and lead behind a curtain two at a time […]
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