Film Review: Amour (2012)
byAmour begins with an audience awaiting a performance, mirroring its own audience staring back at its frames. Echoing moments of great auditorium scenes in…
Review: Oscar Nominated Animated and Live Action Shorts (2012)
byThis past weekend, Carlton’s beloved Cinema Nova held some special screenings of this year’s Academy Award nominated Animated and Live Action Shorts. Having been…
CLOSED: 2013 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival Giveaway
byCourtesy of the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, Film Blerg is giving away 10 double passes to use during the festival, running across 6 major…
TV Recap: The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Episode 3
byHurrah! The Power of Craig (TPOC) has finally come to pass! Last night’s episode titled ‘Death of a travelling salesman’ had all the action one could ask for.
First Look: Oscar Shorts at Cinema Nova
byAhead of the 85th Annual Academy Awards, screening in Australia on Monday 25th February, Cinema Nova in Melbourne is screening all of the nominated Live…
Film Review: West of Memphis (2012)
byIn 1993, three teenagers in West Memphis, Arkansas were tried and convicted of the brutal murder of three young boys. One of the trio,…
TV Recap: The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Episode 2
byOh, Dr. Blake you are so very clever! Your cleverness is all that is keeping me from getting a teeny bit bored with the second…
Film Review: Anna Karenina (2012)
byDespite its faithfulness, the story is dull and dreary, and neither Stoppard, Wright, nor the actors change the fact. The one exception is Matthew Macfadyen, whose comical and lively performance is a breath of fresh air amongst the turgid, boring love affair being played out before our eyes.
Film Review: Lincoln (2012)
byDaniel Day-Lewis has once again created another legendary performance, embodying Lincoln with tremendous grace and tenderness. Day-Lewis intensely inhabits the character most impressively with his voice, rarely raised above a calm and collected tone. Though no recordings of Lincoln’s voice existed – having died a short time before Edison’s phonograph was invented – it feels safe to say that Day-Lewis nails it.
Film Review: Movie 43 (2012)
byI’m sure by now the vitriol surrounding Movie 43 will have reached each and every one of you, and I wish I had something…