Film Review: Storm Boy (2019)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 17 January 2019 Based on Colin Thiele’s children’s book, which gave us the Australian classic from 1976, Shawn Seet’s…
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Film Review: Final Portrait (2017)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 3 October 2017 In the mid-20th century, Swiss-Italian artist Alberto Giacometti was one of the leading proponents of…
Film Review: Highly Strung (2015)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 21 May 2016 Scott Hicks cemented his name on the film scene when he directed Geoffrey Rush as…
Article: Lies and Contamination in The Daughter (2015)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 22 March 2016 Based on Henrik Ibsen’s play The Wild Duck, The Daughter (directed by Simon Stone) is a…
Film Review: The Daughter (2015)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 15 March 2016 In fictional worlds, there are no jolly returns to childhood homes. It can be accepted…
Film Review: Holding the Man (2015)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 25 August 2015 In 1970s Melbourne Timothy Conigrave (Ryan Corr) sees John Caleo (Craig Stott) playing a game…
Film Review: The Best Offer (2013)
byA superficial scrutiny of The Best Offer might assert it to be a slightly unpalatable story of love-across the-age-divide between Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush), successful antique art auctioneer with his own priceless collection of female portraits, and Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks), twenty something agoraphobic orphan of life-long antique collectors.
MIFF Review: The Eye of the Storm (2011)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 28 July 2011 As my MIFF intentions project continues, I have finally gotten around to writing up last…
Film Review: The King’s Speech (2010)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 2 January 2011 By James Madden. Viewed 01.01.11 It’s good to be a King! …or so the saying…