Category: Reviews
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The Wait – Review
Piero Messina’s The Wait is an intriguing, unique take on the notion of grief. Read More >
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Strangerland – Review
Of the Australian movies that reach other shores, most show a sense of craft that reaffirms just what thrillers can accomplish. From the past six years alone: Animal Kingdom, The Rover, Snowtown, Mystery Road, The Mule – and more – have all helped refine genre elements into something approaching a total national mastery. Sadly, the newest export, Strangerland, doesn’t enter… Read More >
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Queen of Earth – Review
Illumining the screen with the crackly grain you’d find on a decades-old film reel, Queen of Earth slingshots us into the centre of a relationship bluntly hitting its endpoint. We’re swiftly introduced into the mind of Elisabeth Moss’ Catherine, a darkened playground where the roundabouts are endlessly turning by themselves. Her own fragility is the… Read More >
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The Colony – Review
While undoubtedly a remarkable set of events, they simply haven’t been presented in the best possible manner. Read More >
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Game of Thrones Season 6: “The Winds of Winter” Review
SPOILER WARNING: If you have not watched Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 10: “The Winds of Winter,” do not read on. King’s Landing, more specifically the Great Sept of Baelor, is in ruins after the shocking first half of “The Winds of Winter.” Cersei destroys all of her enemies with wildfire. Brother Lancel crawls… Read More >
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Jet Trash – Review (Edinburgh Film Festival)
Jet Trash is a good-looking film and has an equally attractive cast who are let down by an overly-stylistic visual look and under written script. Read More >
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Away – Review (Edinburgh Film Festival)
Away feels like it wants to be an American indie film, the sort that people theorize about for years, but instead it is sadly one of those British films that will disappear very quickly. Read More >
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Remainder – Review
Remainder is an experimental piece of contemporary cinema, and when in a landscape where so many films abide so frustratingly by convention, it’s immensely refreshing and highly commendable to see filmmakers subvert expectations. Read More >
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Ma Ma – Review
While there’s no denying Medem has put this tale together in a resourceful manner, which should always be commended, it’s not to say that it’s actually worked Read More >
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That Cold Day in the Park – Review
That Cold Day in the Park has received almost unanimously bad reviews since its release in 1969. Now getting a pristine Blu-ray transfer for a new generation to ponder over, its qualities shine brighter than ever; many may believe that this terrific film is largely composed of the faults that litter Robert Altman’s early work, such as a near-histrionic,… Read More >
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