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…
Alfred Hitchcock
News: A Conversation with Mark Hartley
byChris Smith recently had a chat with Australian filmmaker Mark Hartley, whose fictional feature debut Patrick, a remake of the 1978 Australian film, premieres at the 2013 Melbourne International Film Festival.
Film Review: North by Northwest (1959)
byNorth by Northwest has recently been restored and is being showcased at the Astor Theatre in a 4K DCP (digital cinema package) print. Enhancing the original 1950s production values in its VistaVision wide aspect ratio, no other Hitchcock film was so extensively filmed on location.
Film Review: Hitchcock (2012)
byWritten by Chloe Sesta Jacobs Originally published 6 January 2013 After the premiere of his highly successful film North by Northwest, all Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony…
Film Review: Psycho at the Astor
byWritten by Mark Hewitt Originally published 1 January 2013 Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) looks wary as she hurriedly drives away from Phoenix, Arizona. It’s getting…
Film Review: Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
byWritten by Paul Flavel Originally published 30 December 2012 Set in the 1970s, Berberian Sound Studio is based around the life of a sound…
Film Review: The Birds (1963)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 6 March 2012 Having previously adapted Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca (1940) to triumphant acclaim, Alfred Hitchcock took on…
12 Days of Christmas Films: White Christmas (1954)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 21 December 2011 With a title like White Christmas, one may expect to be in for a very…
MIFF Review: Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 11 July 2010 The lyrics “You gotta get a gimmick, if you want to get ahead” by Stephen…
Film Review: The Lovely Bones (2009)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 12 January 2010 By James Madden. Viewed on 28/12/2009 So reactions upon my friends seem to be fairly…