Film Review: Ferdinand (2017)
All credit to 20th Century Fox. Any studio that opens an animated film on the same day as the new Star Wars is either…
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Film Review: Downsizing (2017)
At the beginning of Downsizing, we’re asked to imagine two things. The first is that world is on the brink of ecological disaster and…
Film Review: Just to be Sure (2017)
Just to be Sure (Ôtez-moi d’un Doute) is charming and funny, and perfectly timed for the holiday season. Erwan (François Damiens) is a bomb tester…
Film Review: The Florida Project (2017)
For many of us, childhood is the most wonderful of times. It’s when our curiosity peaks, when our uninhibitedness leads us to forge countless…
Film Review: Mudbound (2017)
Mudbound is an intimate, sprawling epic. This might sound like a paradox – how can a film be both small and large scale, both…
Film Review: In this Corner of the World (2016)
Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli has experienced so much success that, in the public mind, it has utterly co-opted the Japanese cinematic ‘anime’ landscape. When…
Film Review: Wonder Wheel (2017)
Straight out of the swingin’ fifties is Woody Allen’s latest romantic drama Wonder Wheel. It captures the mood, lights and the hopeless romance all rolled up…
Film Review: Sweet Virginia (2017)
In Sweet Virginia, director Jamie M. Dagg explores the intersecting lives of several people in a small town, and the ways in which these…
Film Review: Wonder (2017)
Based on the novel of the same name by R.J. Palacio, Wonder focuses on Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay), a fifth-grader going to school for…
Film Review: Only the Brave (2017)
“All men are created equal. But then, a few became firefighters.” – Joe Biden Anyone who grows up in country Australia knows there are few…