Weekend Box Office: 1-3 September
byLionsgate’s action movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard maintains the top spot for the third time in a row with three weeks at the box office….
Film Review: That’s Not Me (2017)
byAustralian comedy can be a fickle beast. While plenty of brilliant television has been produced locally, feature films can be another matter. The best…
Film Review: The Lovers (2017)
byWatching The Lovers, the Rupert Holmes song Escape springs to mind – “Do you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain?” The…
Film Review: The Dinner (2017)
byHerman Koch, a Dutch writer and actor, wrote a novel called Het diner in 2009 which turned out to be a runaway success. Becoming…
Film Review: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
byThe modern world has produced a peculiar form of contemporary malaise, one that has, despite more people and social media, appeared to lead to…
Film Review: Miss Stevens (2016)
bySome films generate startling insight and quiet impact from a restrained, organic build. Miss Stevens, directed by Julia Hart, is one of those films….
Film Review: Okja (2017)
bySouth Korean director Bong Joon-Ho is developing a reputation for making robust films which blend adventure and intellect with searing critiques of environmental mismanagement and…
Film Review: Namatjira Project (2017)
byAlbert Namatjira was one of Australia’s most talented and accomplished artists of the 20th century. His paintings remain, to this day, an authority on…
Film Review: Ali’s Wedding (2017)
bySeeing our own stories on screen is always reassuring. There’s a sense that someone is listening, but also that our own people are ‘making…
Film Review: Gifted (2017)
byIt all looks fairly formulaic on paper. Captain America + cute kid + schmaltz = Gifted. The title alone may provoke groans, because it…