What do you do when the group you’re trying to expose, as would be expected, don’t play ball? Make a film to spite them. Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie takes a bunch of frustrated documentarians, […]
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JASON BOURNE
When The Maltese Falcon became a hit, the studio soon followed with a slew of trailers for similar films with footage from the then recent smash, trading almost purely off nostalgia to plug flicks that so desperately […]
CURTAIN
Nurse and new home owner Danni (Danni Smith) discovers a mysterious portal in, of all things, her shower. In spite of many attempts to hang up a shower curtain, it keeps getting sucked into oblivion […]
Eleven movies you probably missed this year
Jurassic World. Avengers: Age of Ultron. Furious 7. Minions. These four films soared past the $1 billion dollar mark in 2015, the cream of the crop grossing hundreds of millions for their respective studios. Dozens […]
EVEREST
Broadly speaking, there are two types of natural disaster films. The first is where the earth literally falls apart (The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, San Andreas) and a bunch of flailing humans scramble to survive. […]
Gyllenhaal’s knockout punch: Southpaw
Jake Gyllenhaal knows what a career-defining moment looks like – he’s had several. Hitting the big-time at twenty with cult favourite Donnie Darko, this generation’s Dustin Hoffman has continued to refine his image across any […]
Director Neil Armfield on Holding the Man and why it’s important
Note: spoilers “There was a time, it seemed not so long ago, when your friends at the ages of 30 and 40 were dying, people were going to funerals week after week. It’s really important […]
VACATION
Remember those family vacations you used to take as a kid? Remember those movies about family vacations you used to watch as a kid? Did your childhood also involve long, music-filled car trips where you […]
THE GIFT
Joel Edgerton has a lot of options open to him. Riding the wave of the Australian hit, the Animal Kingdom star can and has gone for a number of big-budget Hollywood roles, in Exodus: Gods and Kings, […]
‘KILL ME THREE TIMES’ TOURS AUSTRALIA
“Let’s try a different way of reaching audiences where they are now.” Kill Me Three Times producer Tania Chambers addressed a post-screening Q&A of the Aussie dark comedy, filmed on location in Western Australia. The […]
Cinderella
Disney own our childhoods, and they’re cashing in. Cinderella is the latest in a series of adapted for adults, hyper-realistic, live-action remakes of our fondest adolescent memories. The story doesn’t need repeating – Cinderella (Lily […]
Napoleon: Kubrick and his lost film
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Waterloo (no, not the ABBA song) and Glen Falkenstein says it’s the right time to make Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon movie. “He was one of those rare men […]
Focus – When star power can’t shine a light
Focus tries to lift a lot of its game from con-artist cinematic classics like Ocean’s Eleven and The Sting…unfortunately, it still couldn’t convince Glen Falkenstein that it was a decent film. Will Smith can […]
Festival Report: Irish Film Festival, Sydney
The inaugural Irish Film Festival took place in Sydney 26 – 29 March 2015 with several Australian premieres. Glen Falkenstein sat down with the festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, on the closing night to go […]
Furious 7 – Don’t ask questions, just enjoy
Seven films into the franchise and yet Furious 7 still does not disappoint, writes Glen Falkenstein…as long as you don’t think about it too much. If you’re thinking too much into Furious 7, then you’ve got […]
The Rise of The Zom-Com
A horde of zombie romantic comedies are being unleashed… The trailer for Burying the Ex landed this week – the latest film to feature romantic trysts with the undead. In this one, Max (Anton Yelchin […]
Spectre: The new Bond trailer…isn’t so Bond…James Bond
Spectre will make an excellent addition to the Bond canon, but in an effort to help Bond fans avoid being shaken and not stirred, Glen Falkenstein warns you to “step away from the trailer…” Car chases. Explosions. Gadgets. […]
Big Eyes – Art imitating life
Tim Burton’s Big Eyes is understated in terms of the director’s usual standards, but despite some minor flaws Glen Falkenstein still finds it a little bit unreal. “Why are their eyes so big?” The New York Times […]
Irish Film Festival Wraps In Sydney!
The inaugural Irish Film Festival hit Sydney on the weekend with several Australian premieres. The Irish Film Festival’s director, Dr Enda Murray, worked in conjunction with the local Irish community to export some home-grown cinema […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Kingsman: The Secret Service, while not as slapstick as Austin Powers, offered Glen Falkenstein some cracking jokes and hammy action accompanied by solid performances, particularly from Colin Firth. “You are about to embark on the most […]
Come Fly With Me – Birdman and Fellini
Glen Falkenstein explores the similarities between a couple of Oscar winners “All art is autobiographical… Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.” Italian […]
Necks On The Line
While special effects make it considerably easier to fool an audience these days, a number of actors continue to bravely perform their own stunts – including Alan Rickman, who was recently in town. “It was […]
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