‘The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio’ – MIFF 2017
Less thinking, more feeling. ‘Don’t think. Feel!!!’ advises the poster for Takashi Miike’s The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capiccio. It’s ...
‘Axolotl Overkill’ – MIFF 2017
German tale of boundless youth doesn’t quite go far enough. First published as a novel titled Axolotl Roadkill when its author ...
‘Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts’ – MIFF 2017
American directors could learn a thing or two from Mouly Surya. On a desolate landscape in Indonesia where the sun ...
Melbourne International Film Festival: Top 5 Australian Films
The 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival has arrived and, as usual, picking from the gargantuan list of films is an ...
Dunkirk Film Review
Empty your pockets for the biggest screen you can find – Dunkirk is all about the experience. Sometimes a film ...
‘Baby Driver’ Film Review
Movie magic at its most magnificent Apparently, it takes a Brit to make a truly entertaining American blockbuster these days. ...
‘Una’ Film Review
Successful art, questionable entertainment. Una is an unfamiliar movie. On the surface, it sounds like a well-worn revenge picture, the ...
‘Rough Night’ is too afraid to play rough
On paper, Rough Night has everything going for it: a cast with some of America’s funniest talent including Ilana Glazer ...
‘The Mummy’ Film Review
Resurrects more tired tropes than formidable villains. In preparation for writing this review of 2017’s The Mummy, I re-watched 1999’s ...
‘Hounds of Love’ Film Review
Hounds of Love is cinema worth enduring. In Ben Young’s horror film Hounds of Love, it isn’t the violence that’s ...