Strong and silent in equal measure, Studio Ghibli/Wild Bunch’s co-production The Red Turtle, notably devoid of dialogue, masterfully fills its moments with movement and an eclectic mix of sound you wouldn’t normally hear, setting a […]
Tag: Sydney Film Festival
DESTINATION ARNOLD
Many films have chronicled the bodybuilding champs and tournaments, most famously in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ’77 hit Pumping Iron. Relocating the action to Redfern and Newtown, Destination Arnold centres on Tash and Kylene, two local Indigenous […]
KYLENE ANDERSON TALKS ‘DESTINATION ARNOLD’
“I started because I wanted to take it to the extreme and see how far I could go.” Competing in the Arnolds – an amateur bodybuilding competition recently held in Australia for the […]
MOM AND ME
A tale as old as time – filmmaker Ken Wardrop has put the relationships between mothers and sons on full display in this contemplative and touching documentary. Setting the film in all places in what […]
GIRL ASLEEP
A film that will inevitably be compared to the collective works of Lewis Carroll and Wes Anderson, this accomplishedly charming and distinctly-styled Australian comedy recommends itself all on its own. Greta (Bethany Whitmore in a […]
DIRECTOR PADDY BREATHNACH TALKS ‘VIVA’
Filmmaker Paddy Breathnach is in town for the Australian premiere of his new film ‘Viva.’ An Irish production set amidst the drag scene in Cuba, Paddy sat down to talk about ‘Viva’ which is one […]
FERDIA WALSH-PEELO AND MARK MCKENNA TALK ‘SING STREET’
Director John Carney’s new feature has its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival this weekend. Chronicling a band of Irish teenagers with their own eclectic take on the greatest hits of the […]
PERSONAL SHOPPER
Kristen Stewart’s come a long way since Twilight. It’s hard to command a thriller, let alone a psychological horror that rises and falls on its central performance, in this case that of personal shopper Maureen […]
THE DEVIL’S CANDY
Getting stuck in a haunted house has never sounded so good. Australian writer/director Sean Byrne’s (The Loved Ones) The Devil’s Candy is, for the most part, fairly recognisable horror fare. There’s a spooky house where […]
DIRECTOR SEAN BYRNE TALKS “THE DEVIL’S CANDY”
Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne and Director of ‘The Loved Ones’ is back in town with his new heavy metal horror hit ‘The Devil’s Candy.’ Set in a haunted house in Texas, the film […]
PATERSON
Adam Driver is Paterson; both his moniker and that of Paterson, New Jersey where the film is set. The point is not lost, nor thankfully overstated in Director Jim Jarmusch’s delightfully introspective comedy. Paterson is […]
THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER
A lot of folks will see this film for Robert Pattinson, but they should see it for the score. It’s rare to see such exceptional pieces of music put so deftly to use. Actor Brady […]
A FISH (MUL-GO-GI)
Neo-noir meets the great unknown in this South Korean dual drama/thriller delving into the forces of mysticism and death. Lee, Professor and husband (Lee Jang-Hoon), travels far to track down his missing wife, accompanied by […]
DEMOLITION
Jake Gyllenhaal has proven time and again his deserved status as one of Hollywood’s best leading men. Coming off a commanding turn in last year’s Southpaw, Demolition doesn’t stray too far from the boxing hit’s […]
THE BFG
It’s Steven Spielberg. Doing Roald Dahl. If you’re a fan of the book it’s exactly what you were hoping for. A tall order to adapt a story like The BFG, the project would be a […]
MAHANA
When I spoke with Mahana Director Lee Tamahori earlier this week he told me that westerns were a dead genre. Mahana may not be a western, but the genre’s spirit is alive and well in […]
I SAW THE LIGHT
A mess from start to finish, I Saw The Light tries to do way too much and tells us all too little. Tom Hiddleston’s Hank Williams biopic has one saving grace and that’s its lead. […]
THE QUEEN OF IRELAND
As topical as it is entertaining, ‘The Queen of Ireland’ has arrived in Australia just at the right time. If you follow the news at all you wouldn’t have missed the landmark vote to endorse […]
RORY O’NEILL AKA PANTI BLISS AND DIRECTOR CONOR HORGAN TALK ‘THE QUEEN OF IRELAND’
Ireland’s most famous drag queen and gay rights activist Rory O’Neill aka Panti Bliss is the subject of Irish Director Conor Horgan’s documentary on last year’s marriage equality referendum in Ireland, Rory’s life […]
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!
Richard Linklater’s throwback/period piece/love-letter to everything 80’s isn’t just a movie – it’s a party where you get to stand by the wall, drink in hand and watch as the past flashes by. A spiritual […]
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