The kind of film a teacher might show their class if they were really desperate for an adaptation, Madame Bovary is a lacklustre and all-round disappointing period drama. Based on the debut novel by French […]
Tag: Sydney Film Festival
Far from the Madding Crowd
Having seen Far from the Madding Crowd at this year’s SFF, Glen Falkenstein concludes that sometimes, casting just works. Heiress Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) takes over a large farm and property in the latest Thomas […]
Australia and Ireland Partnering on Film
With the imminent release of Strangerland, Glen Falkenstein takes a look at the production partnership between Ireland and Australia. Co-operation between the Irish and Australian film industries is set to reach a milestone this year, with the release […]
Best of Enemies
More than a documentary on the public rivalry between liberal intellectual, Gore Vidal, and conservative heavyweight, William F. Buckley Jr, ‘Best of Enemies’ is a boxing match played out through rounds of televised debate and […]
Snowpiercer: What do you achieve at the end of time?
Chris Evans is finished. The young, handsome, highly prolific Captain America has announced that he will not pursue acting beyond his Marvel Contract and the Avengers sequels. So what does an actor with every door […]
Stage Fright: A,B,C or all of the above
I told some friends that there was a comedy-horror-musical mash-up at the Sydney Film Festival and was politely relegated to seeing this one on my own. ‘Stage Fright’ is an acquired taste, a film one could […]
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