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Festivals, Film, Foreign July 8, 2019 April 20, 2023

Film Review: A White, White Day (2019)

The title of writer-director Hlynur Palmason’s film A White, White Day, fresh from an impressive reception at Cannes, invokes an Icelandic proverb to introduce an…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film, Foreign July 8, 2019 April 20, 2023

Film Review: The Third Wife (2018)

by Nick Bugeja

The title of Ash Mayfair’s debut film, The Third Wife , evokes the dehumanising, commodified nature of life for its eponymous character. Her name…

Documentary, Festivals, Film July 8, 2019 April 20, 2023

Film Review: The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018)

by David Nagle

One of my favourite things that Roger Ebert said was “movies are the most powerful empathy machine in all the arts”. It speaks so…

Documentary, Festivals, Film July 2, 2019 April 20, 2023

Film Review: J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius (2019)

by David Nagle

We’re living in the upside-down world. The jokers are in charge. Supporters are cults. People are living in feedback loops, their responses programmed and…

Documentary, Festivals, Film July 2, 2019 April 20, 2023

Film Review: Ballad of a Righteous Merchant (2017)

by David Nagle

Werner Herzog’s own documentaries are interested in trying to visualise the invisible, in seeing inside the mind, the soul, and exploring the depths and…

Current Theatrical Releases, Film July 2, 2019 April 20, 2023

Film Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

by Kendal Coombs

Spider-Man: Far From Home is the 23rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and if you are just joining the global phenomenon now then…

Australian Cinema, Current Theatrical Releases, Documentary, Film July 1, 2019 April 20, 2023

Film Review: Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019)

by Kevin Hawkins

It’s almost impossible to reflect upon INXS these days without referencing the untimely suicide of their lead singer Michael Hutchence in 1997. As such,…