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Film Review: A Ghost Story (2017)

Films about ghosts are usually scary, jumpy and spine-tingling. David Lowery’s latest feature, A Ghost Story, carefully avoids boxing itself within the horror genre…

Film Review: Una (2016)

Adapted from David Harrower’s play, Blackbird, Una directed by Benedict Andrews, is a film intended to push buttons. This is Andrews’ first feature and good…

Film Review: Lion (2016)

Many will be familiar with Saroo Brierley’s story, having previously been covered some years back by 60 Minutes. Now it gets the big screen treatment in…

Film Review: Carol (2015)

Carol, directed by Todd Haynes, is a sumptuous reverie. Adapted by Phyllis Nagy from the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, the…

Film Review: Pan (2015)

Joe Wright’s Pan takes on many contemporary social issues. Mining, the exploit of children and slave labour, and the oppression of minority groups are…

Film Review: Trash (2014)

Raphael (Rickson Tevez), a Brazilian street teenager, spends his days sifting through mountains of trash in the hopes of finding something valuable. One day…

Top 10 Films of 2013

Film Blerg is very pleased to announce the Top 10 Films released in Australia in 2013, as voted by Film Blerg contributors: 1. Zero…

Film Review: Her (2013)

Set in the not-so-distant future, Her takes place in a world where technology has come so far that operating systems have been programmed intuitively and provide services resembling human interactions and relationships.