Film Review: Ride Like a Girl (2019)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 23 September 2019 Regardless of your views on the horse racing industry, Michelle Payne’s story was always going…
Rachel Griffiths
Film Review: Don’t Tell (2017)
byWritten by Nick Bugeja Originally published 15 May 2017 In 2012, then Prime Minister Julia Gillard called for a Royal Commission into the sexual…
Film Review: David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
byWritten by Louise Agostino Originally published 5 March 2017 Remember that day when At the Movies finished on television and there was no more…
Film Review: Saving Mr Banks (2013)
byWhen we watch a film, we often lose focus on the complexities and persuasion that it took behind the scenes to get a film even into production. As is the case with the production of Mary Poppins in the early 1960s when Walt Disney finally lured Poppins author P.L. Travers to Hollywood.
MIFF 2013: Patrick (2013)
byA remake of Richard Franklin’s seminal ozploitation favourite, Patrick is a visually assured fictional feature debut for director Mark Hartley, who previously examined the ozploitation subgenre with his exceptional documentary, Not Quite Hollywood.
Film Review: Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)
byUnderground is a thrilling look at the early days of a freedom fighting legend and one of the most prolific characters of our time, featuring an excellent cast of Australian heavyweights including Anthony LaPaglia and stunning newcomers including Laura Wheelwright who plays Assange’s young bride and the mother of his son.
Film Review: Burning Man (2011)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 23 November 2011 From the opening images of Burning Man, we know we are in for an interesting…
Recently and lazily viewed
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 24 March 2010 Okay, so there’s a lot that I’ve seen of late, and like the lazy person…