Film Review: The Souvenir (2019)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 1 October 2019 In French ‘souvenir’ means ‘to remember’. Joanna Hogg’s latest film – executive produced by none…
Martin Scorsese
Film Analysis: Scorsese’s Cinema of Religion
byWritten by Nick Bugeja Originally published 14 February 2017 There is no doubt that Martin Scorsese is most renowned for his Italian-American crime dramas of…
Film Review: Silence (2016)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 13 February 2017 The silence in the title of Martin Scorsese’s most recent film refers to the silence…
Film Review: Gold (2016)
byWritten by Nick Bugeja Originally published 30 January 2017 There seems to be a trend emerging of handsome leading men playing unseemly, balding male…
Film Review: Perfect Strangers (2016)
byWritten by Nick Bugeja Originally published 23 January 2017 Without knowing much about the promotional material associated with Perfect Strangers, it is still easy…
Film Review: Ballerina (2016)
byWritten by Nick Bugeja Originally published 8 January 2017 Ballerina has a lot going for it all at the same time. The first thing…
Film Review: War Dogs (2016)
byWritten by Amy Taylor Originally published 19 August 2016 Based on a true story, War Dogs is the latest outing for director Todd Phillips. …
Film Review: Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
byWritten by Kevin Hawkins Originally published 18 July 2016 It’s crazy to think there was a time when Alfred Hitchcock was perceived to be…
MIFF 2014: Life Itself (2014)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 9 August 2014 It’s hard to imagine what the landscape of film criticism would be had there been…
Film Review: Seduced and Abandoned (2014)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 5 May 2014 ‘I look back on my life and its 95% running around trying to raise money…