Film Review: 13 Assassins (2010)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 10 June 2014 Midway through Takeshi Miike’s 13 Assassins (2010), a man in a tavern jokes, ‘These…
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Film Review: The Wages of Fear (1953)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 27 May 2014 Conventional ideas about courage are blown apart in The Wages of Fear (La salaire…
Film Review: Seven Samurai (1954)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 21 May 2014 Early in Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) the wise Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) explains,…
Film Review: One Chance (2013)
byThere’s no question that One Chance is a predictable film, but this comes part and parcel with the real-life narrative of Potts, whose adversities and successes have evidently made him worthy of a biopic.
Film Review: Big Ass Spider! (2013)
byFor a low-budget film about a gigantic mutant spider destroying Los Angeles, Big Ass Spider! is surprisingly decent. Why this spider exists and why it is attacking humans is never made entirely clear.
Film Review: Mystery Road (2013)
byRich, moving and intricately layered, Mystery Road is just shy of the masterpiece it could have been, but a thrilling movie experience none the less.
Film Review: The Best Offer (2013)
byA superficial scrutiny of The Best Offer might assert it to be a slightly unpalatable story of love-across the-age-divide between Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush), successful antique art auctioneer with his own priceless collection of female portraits, and Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks), twenty something agoraphobic orphan of life-long antique collectors.
MIFF 2013: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
byWritten by Kendal Coombs Originally published 25 August 2013 Responding to the recent economic disaster in his home country of Hungary and its effects…
MIFF 2013: Fruitvale Station (2013)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 18 August 2013 Fruitvale Station begins with some blurry footage. Taken with a camera phone it’s difficult to…
MIFF 2013: The New World (2013)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 18 August 2013 In a world characterized by rapid globalization there is also an increasing effort by countries…