Film Review: Crime Wave (2018)
byThis is the second year in a row that the Spanish Film Festival has announced itself by previewing a Maribel Verdu-led black comedy, and…
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Film Review: Burning (2018)
byBurning is (forgive the pun) a slow-burn. It is loosely based on the short story ‘Barn Burning’ by eccentric and celebrated Japanese novelist Haruki…
Film Review: The Aftermath (2019)
byFive months after the Nazi Empire surrendered to the Allies, Hamburg is the skeleton of a city. The promise of the Thousand Year Reich…
Film Review: The Hole in the Ground (2019)
byIn the last few years horror films have developed a fascination with parental anxiety. Perhaps it’s the reality of climate change sparking fear about…
Film Review: Us (2019)
byIf Shrek was to review Us I can foresee his intro: Us is like an onion; it has layers. Us is Jordan Peele’s sophomoric…
Film Review: Pet Sematary (2019)
byStephen King has a quick answer to which novel of his he finds the most frightening: Pet Sematary. Personally, I tend to agree. But…
Film Review: The Pretend One (2017)
bySpeaking from personal experience: when you’re an only child growing up in country Australia imagination is one of the most important things there is….
Film Review: Destroyer (2018)
byNicole Kidman has fallen into a bit of a rut of late. Australia’s golden girl, the Oscar winning heartthrob of the 2000s, has churned…
Film Review: Tucked (2018)
byVeteran actor Darren Nesbitt plays Jack, an ageing British drag queen that goes by Jackie Collins. On stage she is raunchy, sprouting gaudy one…
Film Review: Sometimes Always Never (2018)
byPerhaps you’ve fancied yourself as a Scrabble player at one point or another, but chances are you haven’t sampled the vocabulary (or lexicon) that…