Film Review: Félix and Meira (2014)
byWritten by Ben Isbel Originally published 16 February 2016 Félix and Meira is a love story. It is neither groundbreaking nor particularly exciting, it must be…
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Film Review: Youth (2015)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 24 December 2015 After his Oscar winning critical darling The Great Beauty, Italian writer/director Paolo Sorrentino delivers another…
Film Review: The Bélier Family (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 15 December 2015 The Bélier Family is a fairly typical take on the family drama, with one rather interesting twist….
Film Review: The Look of Silence (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 27 November 2015 The Look of Silence is the second documentary from director Joshua Oppenheimer to examine the…
Film Review: The Crow’s Egg (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 23 November 2015 Not every film has to be a spectacle. Sometimes it’s nice to see a simple…
Film Review: The Assassin (2015)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 4 November 2015 The latest film from world cinema auteur Hsiao-Hsien Hou will not be to everyone’s tastes….
Film Review: Love (2015)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 27 October 2015 Love is the latest film from director Gaspar Noe, famous (or infamous?) for Irréversible (2002)…
Film Review: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 26 October 2015 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is the third film in a…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Skinny Sister (2015)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 20 August 2015 It’s sadly all too common for women in Western society to experience body image concerns. In…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Golden Days (2015)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 19 August 2015 There is a messiness to youth, and how we remember it, that is visceral, often…