Film Review: Big Eyes (2014)
Tim Burton’s films are usually dark, both visually and thematically, but Big Eyes sees the veteran director tone it down a notch. His 17th…
Film Review: The Mule (2014)
A man refuses to shit for a week. On paper, it’s not the most appealing, let alone tasteful, premise. Yet Tony Mahony and Angus…
Film Review: What We Do In The Shadows (2014)
Hollywood’s obsession with the undead has become an international epidemic, with New Zealand the latest to have caught the bug. But there’s nothing Twilight…
Film Review: Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
We’ve seen Woody Allen do it all before. A cynical older man; an enigmatic and beautiful younger woman; and a picture perfect European setting….
Film Review: Sex Tape (2014)
Some time in the future, audiences will look back on Jake Kasdan‘s Sex Tape and remark that it was “soooo 2014”; jokes about iPads and…
Film Review: Beatriz’s War (2013)
July 14, 2014: This review has been updated from what was originally published on July 10. Timor Leste is one of Australia’s closest international neighbours. But despite…
Film Review: Tim’s Vermeer (2013)
Who would’ve thought watching paint dry could be so captivating? Like seriously, Penn and Teller’s Tim’s Vermeer is essentially 90 minutes of watching a…
Film Review: Rising From Ashes (2012)
T.C. Johnstone’s documentary charts the journey of the Rwandan cycling team a decade on from the 1994 Hutu-Tutsi conflict. Johnstone introduces us to the…
Film Review: Bad Neighbours (2014)
Two months ago, I wrote that Zac Efron’s comedic work was still a few rungs below the work of Judd Apatow. In Bad Neighbours,…
Film Review: The Double (2013)
Richard Ayoade is best known for his absurdist character humour in television shows like The IT Crowd and The Mighty Boosh. However his second…