FAFA: The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
Written by James Madden Originally published 19 September 2011 “Interior dramas” became a buzz word in discussions surrounding film funding policies a few years…
Film Review: Submarine (2010)
Written by James Madden Originally published 13 September 2011 A coming of age indie comedy seems beyond prevalent these days. How does one go…
Rum, Shoes and Iranian news
Written by James Madden Originally published 8 September 2011 Firstly, the official poster for The Rum Diary has been release. The trailer thankfully looks…
Film Review: The Help (2011)
Written by James Madden Originally published 6 September 2011 Fifty-five years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man…
Show-biz Cautionary Tales
Written by James Madden Originally published 5 September 2011 Five films. Five tales of opportunism, faded glory, delusions of grandeur, selling your wife’s womb…
Film Review: Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)
Written by James Madden Originally published 1 September 2011 HBO Documentaries, a fairly new branch of the US television cable network are establishing themselves…
Film Review: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
Written by James Madden Originally published 30 August 2011 I have a dirty confession to make. I have never seen a Werner Herzog film….
Film Review: Love Crime (2010)
Written by James Madden Originally published 23 August 2011 Kristin Scott Thomas opens Love Crime with a bellowing laugh. It is a loud awakening,…
FAFA: Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2006)
Written by James Madden Originally published 21 August 2011 The Favourite Australian Film Assignment continues with Gillian Armstrong’s documentary Unfolding Florence.
Film Review: Red Dog (2011)
Written by James Madden Originally published 15 August 2011 Red Dog surrounds the travels of a Kelpie named Red Dog. Set in the early 1970’s,…