Film Review: Cosmopolis (2012)
Billionaire asset manager Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) reels slowly through New York City in a white limousine to get a haircut. He takes his…
Film Review: Hysteria (2011)
The costumes for Hysteria were something out of A Christmas Carol (coats and hats and warm sort of nonsense) and the plot resembled a…
Film Review: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Young Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is left in the custody of his Aunt May (Sally Field) and Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) after his parents…
Wednesdays with Woody: Another Woman (1988)
Marion (Gena Rowlands) is a middle-aged scholar and author who rents a small apartment in downtown New York to work on her next novel….
Film Review: A Royal Affair (2012)
Caroline Mathilde is Queen of Denmark (Alicia Vikander), married to the eccentric King Cristian VII (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard). Depressed and bored with her husband,…
SFF Film Review : Woody Allen A Documentary (2012)
When I first glanced the Sydney Film Festival program, this got my heart pounding. Any serious Woody Allen fan can be in agony sometimes…
SFF Film Review: Excision (2012)
Excision is the story of Pauline (AnnaLynn McCord), a troubled teen who believes herself to have either mental illness or a personality disorder. Living…
Wednesdays With Woody: Hannah And Her Sisters (1986)
Following the poor reception of The Purple Rose Of Cairo, Woody Allen released one of his finest works to date, the endearing Hannah…
SFF Film Review: Faust (2011)
Dr. Heinrich Faust (Johannes Zeiler) is poor and hungry and philosophical physician, spending more time on performing autopsies than helping people in his impoverished…
SFF Film Review : Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
The State Theatre was again buzzing with festival-goers on Friday night for the Australian premier of Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. An extremely hipster and youthful…