Film Review: In Fabric (2018)
If the Bourke Street Myer windows at Christmas were given over to the control of director Peter Strickland, you probably wouldn’t be taking your…
Film Review: The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Not often does a star of his own film go to court to prevent the release of said film, but then Mel Gibson has…
Review: National Theatre Live: Present Laughter (2019)
Noël Coward may have written the comedy Present Laughter as a parody of his own fame in the early 20th century, but his play…
Film Review: Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Bad Boys wasn’t so long ago to be forgotten entirely, certainly not with that song, but a chorus of guns and explosions does have…
Film Review: Where’s My Roy Cohn (2019)
He may not be a household name, but Roy Cohn may well be one of the chief corrupting influences of American leadership since the…
Film Review: Knives Out (2019)
Many of us might use the holidays to hide away in the embrace of a decent murder. It seems Rian Johnson, escaping from Star…
Film Review: Yuli (2018)
For those unfamiliar with the world of ballet, the immediate significance of Icíar Bollaín’s Yuli, a biopic detailing the rise of Cuban dancer Carlos…
Film Review: Ride Like a Girl (2019)
Regardless of your views on the horse racing industry, Michelle Payne’s story was always going to be a movie. Tragedy, injury, humour, small-town girl…
Film Review: The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
The world is veering off its axis. The moon has the blue shimmer of a stove-top burner. Clocks have stopped working. And in the…
Film Review: Freaks (2018)
At seven years old you’d expect Chloe to have a fairly narrow view of the world. There are just some horrors a parent would…