Film Review: Working Woman (2018)
byIn an industry where so many female characters are written and directed by men, it really is noticeable when the tables are turned. Female…
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Film Review: The Souvenir (2019)
byIn French ‘souvenir’ means ‘to remember’. Joanna Hogg’s latest film – executive produced by none other than Martin Scorsese – seems to embrace both…
Film Review: Birds of Passage (2018)
byIn the current climate there’s no shortage of crime epics or drug dramas. Narcotrafficking is the storytelling flavour of the month – Netflix seems…
Film Review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
byScary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a film adaptation of the bestselling cult book popular with children and adults alike for the…
Film Review: Ride Like a Girl (2019)
byRegardless of your views on the horse racing industry, Michelle Payne’s story was always going to be a movie. Tragedy, injury, humour, small-town girl…
Film Review: The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
byThe world is veering off its axis. The moon has the blue shimmer of a stove-top burner. Clocks have stopped working. And in the…
Film Review: The Brink (2019)
byDocumentary filmmaker Alison Klayman burst onto the scene with her successful 2012 documentary debut Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. A few films later and Alison has…
Film Review: Ad Astra (2019)
byWriting takes time. Sorting out your thoughts and feelings and reactions takes time. But often we see only films just before they’re released and…
Film Review: Animals (2019)
bySince the critical success of her debut feature 52 Tuesdays, Adelaide filmmaker Sophie Hyde has had her fingers in many pies, including this SBS…
Film Review: Good Boys (2019)
byIt feels like 12-year-old me – which was not that long ago – grew up in a different world to today’s kids. We didn’t…