Indian Film Festival of Melbourne: Despite The Gods (2012)
byThe end result of this was Despite The Gods, an absorbing document of Lynch’s experience overseeing a rare collaboration between the American and Indian filmmaking worlds.
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Film Review: Spring Breakers (2013)
bySpring Breakers deftly blends stylistic direction with critical, at times comic, insights into excessive youthful gratification. As the movie progresses the film becomes increasingly implausible, but it remains engaging because of its ability to undermine expectations.
CLOSED: Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds Giveaway
byCourtesy of Sharmill Films, Film Blerg is giving away 10 double passes to see JEFF WAYNE’S WAR OF THE WORLDS, in cinemas Friday 24 May. This is for…
CLOSED: Snitch Giveaway
byCourtesy of Studio Canal, Film Blerg is giving away 10 double passes to see SNITCH, in cinemas Thursday 16 May. Film Synopsis: In the fast-paced action thriller SNITCH,…
Audi Festival of German Films: Shores of Hope (2012)
byLife on the Eastern side of the Berlin Wall, under the ever watchful eye of the Statsi, has proved to be a rich source of material for modern German filmmakers. Films such as Good Bye Lenin!, The Lives of Others, and the recently released Barbara have been successful with both German and international audiences in their respective takes on this era.
Audi Festival of German Films: Lost In Siberia (2012)
byThe first thing which needs to be pointed out is that Lost in Siberia is a bit of a failure as a comedy. Given that it rarely provokes much in the way of laughter, the unrelenting breeziness becomes downright annoying by the time the credits roll, and that’s assuming you’ve been forgiving enough to stay to the end and endure it’s tone-deaf attitude to matters of ethnic diversity.
Film Review: People Like Us (2012)
byThe idea of the prodigal son returning home after an extended absence has been done a lot in movies. Because it’s so thematically rich though, unlike other plot cliché’s, it’s also been done well, memorably in movies like The Indian Runner, You Can Count on Me, No Looking Back and in Australia’s own (extremely worthy, early Russell Crowe vehicle) The Crossing.
Film Review: Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
byFilms that explore terrorist attacks on America as their central plot line aren’t exactly a rarity these days. Enter action-packed thriller Olympus Has Fallen, directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt.
Film Review: The Other Son (Le fils de l’autre) (2012)
byIf you weren’t you, who would you be? That’s the question Lorraine Levy asks us in her captivating film The Other Son.
Film Review: The Company You Keep (2012)
byIntelligent crafted, thoughtful and well-made, The Company You Keep is exactly the type of engrossing and lively thriller that we so rarely get to see coming out of America now.