Film Review: Goyokin (1969)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 25 June 2014 Goyokin is a samurai film about honour. Opening voice-over narration explains that the title refers…
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Film Review: How to Train Your Dragon 2 3D (2014)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 18 June 2014 Haven’t dragons just come roaring back into vogue lately? Smaug. Godzilla. Daenerys has three. Even…
Film Review: The Twilight Samurai (2002)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 17 June 2014 A conversation by Nick Alexander, Scott Halligan & Joanna Di Mattia (27/5/14) Synopsis: Seibei Iguchi…
Film Review: Yojimbo (1961)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 17 June 2014 Yojimbo (1961) is probably legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s most accessible film for modern audiences….
Film Review: 13 Assassins (2010)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 10 June 2014 Midway through Takeshi Miike’s 13 Assassins (2010), a man in a tavern jokes, ‘These…
Film Review: The Wages of Fear (1953)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 27 May 2014 Conventional ideas about courage are blown apart in The Wages of Fear (La salaire…
Film Review: Seven Samurai (1954)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 21 May 2014 Early in Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) the wise Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) explains,…
Film Review: Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012)
byA rock doco in the spirit of The Devil and Daniel Johnston and Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is at both immersing and terribly bemusing, leaving the audience to wonder what could have been when the curtain is finally drawn on the would-be super group.
CLOSED: Indian Film Festival Melbourne Giveaway
byWritten by Film Blerg Originally published 29 April 2013 Courtesy of the Indian Film Festival Melbourne, Film Blerg is giving away 1 double pass to…
Film Review: Inventing David Geffen (2012)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 7 March 2013 In the prologue to Susan Lacy‘s American Masters special Inventing David Geffen, the man in…