Film Review: The Gift (2015)
Kids will be kids, and kids can be cruel, but karma’s a bitch so be mindful at school. If Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut was…
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Film Review: Holding the Man (2015)
In 1970s Melbourne Timothy Conigrave (Ryan Corr) sees John Caleo (Craig Stott) playing a game of football on the school oval. Tim’s attraction is…
Film Review: She’s Funny That Way (2014)
Feel like seeing a Woody Allen film but don’t want to support the likes of Woody Allen? Well there’s a solution! Peter Bogdanovich’s She’s…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Only the Dead (2015)
Michael Ware is a fascinating individual with insights into dark truths many of us may only glimpse in a life time. He is the…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Skinny Sister (2015)
It’s sadly all too common for women in Western society to experience body image concerns. In a culture where thin is in, and beauty is…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Guest (2014)
The Guest, directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, is a hilariously bonkers ride. It starts off innocently enough: a man arrives…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: James White (2015)
In James White, director and screenwriter Josh Mond has created an understated character study of a man struggling to cope with his father’s death…
MIFF 2015: Film Review: Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
How does one approach reviewing a film like Yakuza Apocalypse? Directed by Takashi Miike and with a screenplay by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, the film could be…
Film Review: Southpaw (2015)
Southpaw begins with a powerful opening sequence; Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) has thrashing heavy metal music pounding into his ears via headphones, as a…
Film Review: Iris (2014)
Iris Apfel, the subject and namesake of the Albert Maysles directed documentary Iris, learned early in her life that she wasn’t pretty. But pretty…