Review: A Quiet Passion
This is an emotionally affecting film, from its depiction of the young, quietly rebellious Dickinson to the embittered woman she becomes. Clinton Ducas reviews
Review: I Am Heath Ledger
What could be a passionate portrait of a talented, deeply conflicted artist, is more akin to a celebratory eulogy for family and friends. Zoe Tongue reviews.
Maren Ade Directs: Toni Erdmann and Everyone Else
Maren Ade has carved out an incisive, perceptive cinematic approach through which human relationships appear comic and bizarre, yet still deeply ambivalent. Ryan Suckling writes.
Meeting David Stratton
Given that a film has been made him, his career, and his relationship to Australian film – I’d say reservedly comfortable. He won’t stress the point, but there’s no denying…
Review: Bad Girl
It is these universally relevant themes of family belonging, trust, and betrayal, that see Bad Girl transcend the boundary of an Australian independent film, to one capable of an international…
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s winning combination of infectious energy, gorgeous aesthetic and laugh out loud humour more than makeup for the uneven storytelling. Dominic Kwaczynski reviews.
Words with Tom Vincent
An image hardly unfitting for a bunch of lofty, rancid youths; but still in comic contrast to the shirted, contemplative man sipping his coffee before me. Ryan Suckling interviews Tom…
13 Reasons Why and Social Responsibility
**The following contains discussions of suicide, mental illness, and sexual assault. It also contains major spoilers of ’13 Reasons Why’** The world is abuzz with talk of the new Netflix…
Review: Berlin Syndrome
The film actively resists the sensationalism of a horror or other confinement thrillers, and in some ways – because of this and the questions Clare’s relationship with her captor raises…
Review: Power Rangers
At first the shift from drama to camp is quite jarring, yet by the time the teens are all suited up and the Power Rangers theme kicks in, it’s hard…