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Review – Luca Guadagnino’s “Io sono l’amore” (“I Am Love”)
05 September 2010 11:42 AM | No Comments -
Review – Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer”
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Review – Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables”
13 August 2010 9:15 AM | No Comments -
Review – Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”
26 July 2010 4:21 PM | No Comments -
Women and the Silent Screen VI
02 July 2010 3:39 PM | No Comments -
Astor Theatre Film Festival Review – Preview of Luc Besson’s “The Professional”
21 June 2010 12:36 AM | No Comments -
Astor Theatre Film Festival Review – Preview of Martin Scorsese’s “GoodFellas”
03 June 2010 3:47 PM | No Comments -
Astor Theatre Film Festival Review – Preview of John Huston’s “The Misfits” and John Schlesinger’s “Midnight Cowboy”
21 May 2010 5:04 PM | No Comments
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Review – Fatih Akin’s “Soul Kitchen”
15 May 2010 10:12 AM | No Comments -
Review – Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”
09 March 2010 11:47 AM | 1 Comment -
Review: “Crazy Heart”
09 March 2010 10:09 AM | No Comments -
Review – Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island”
22 February 2010 10:28 AM | No Comments -
Avatar: Ecodigital Wars
09 January 2010 5:16 PM | No Comments -
Review – Ruben Fleischer’s “Zombieland”
12 December 2009 10:42 AM | No Comments -
Review – Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man”
04 December 2009 2:52 PM | No Comments -
Review – Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”
22 August 2009 3:22 AM | No Comments
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Women and the Silent Screen VI
02 July 2010 3:39 PM | No Comments -
Human Right Arts & Film Festival, April – May 2010 – Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane
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Cannes 2010 line-up
16 April 2010 10:59 AM | No Comments -
Figuring Landscapes: Moving Images from Australia and UK
01 April 2010 10:27 AM | No Comments -
Focus on Claudia Cardinale at ACMI
01 February 2010 3:47 PM | No Comments -
Silent cinema in Pordenone and Sydney
05 October 2009 1:23 AM | No Comments -
Venice Film Festival opens with Tornatore’s “Baaria”
03 September 2009 12:45 PM | No Comments -
The Paul Cox Conference
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Review – Luca Guadagnino’s “Io sono l’amore” (“I Am Love”)
(3.5/5) Luca Guadagnino’s “Io sono l’amore” (“I Am Love”) (2009), up to now, is the only Italian feature released in Australian film theatres this year. UK actresses Tilda Swinton is the main star and producer of the film, which has proven to be a drawing card. The film’s captivating imagery, however, proves better than its [...] -
Review – Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer”
Adapted from Robert Harris’ novel ‘The Ghost’, Roman Polanski’s brooding mystery/drama/thriller ‘The Ghost Writer’ (2010) succeeds for a number of reasons. -
Review – Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables”
One word comes to mind when I think of Sylvester Stallone’s most recent feature ‘The Expendables’ (2010): hysterical. The narrative focuses on a group of hyper-masculine mercenaries that work together to take down General Garza, the dictator of an impoverished, small South American island. -
Review – Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”
Christopher Nolan’s most recent flick ‘Inception’ (2010) is a problematic one. The narrative’s brooding, dystopian mise en scene reminds audiences of Nolan’s visual trademark: chaotic darkness. The film is celebratory in the way that it reminds us of his fascination with – and frequent interest in – neo-noir aesthetics and traumatised characterisation. The film, however, is [...] -
Astor Theatre Film Festival Review – Preview of Luc Besson’s “The Professional”
*WARNING: contains spoilers* Tonight, Astor Theatre is retelling the story of a wandering assassin. Leon (brilliantly played by Jean Reno) befriends Mathilda (melancholically portrayed by Natalie Portman), a neglected girl whose parents have been killed by Stansfield (Gary Oldman): a crazed, corrupt law enforcer from whom they have stolen drugs. After her parents are killed, [...] -
Astor Theatre Film Festival Review – Preview of Martin Scorsese’s “GoodFellas”
This coming Monday night, on the 7th of June, Astor Theatre is celebrating Martin Scorsese’s brilliant mafia-drama ‘GoodFellas’ (1990). Still, after 20 years, the film stands strong as a beautiful study of Italian-American criminal dynasties and how they rise and fall over time. -
Astor Theatre Film Festival Review – Preview of John Huston’s “The Misfits” and John Schlesinger’s “Midnight Cowboy”
This coming Monday, the 24th of May, Astor Theatre is engaging with lonely subject matter. John Huston’s “The Misfits” (1961) and John Schlesinger’s “Midnight Cowboy” (1969) both use the loneliness of the Western film genre and its cowboy archetype to discuss sexuality, landscape, alienation and the art of drifting aimlessly. Their experimentation with genre still [...] -
Review – Fatih Akin’s “Soul Kitchen”
(2/5) From the director of “Head On” and “The Edge of Heaven” I was expecting something less obvious than “Soul Kitchen”. The film is a gallery of ethnic stereotypes with a German twist. German-Greek mate Zinos, coming from the lower part of town and with a brother freshly paroling out of prison, has a bottom [...] -
DVD: “The Last Days of Disco” (Criterion)
(2.5/5) This is a disco social comedy revolving around “The Club”, a New York disco space frequented by yuppies. The film is a late rework of John Hughes’ 1980′s teenager films, set in a Jay Macinerney’ s novel, with a female protagonist (Chloë Sevigny). Two college friends, Alice and Charlotte are working together in a [...] -
The Cinema of ‘God’s lonely man’: Understanding the Martin Scorsese-Robert De Niro partnership
I had the pleasure of seeing and reviewing ‘Shutter Island’ (2010) a few weeks ago at a local cinema. Whilst I was amazed at the film’s crisp cinematography and Martin Scorsese’s attempt at the psychological thriller, I was even more taken by Leonardo Di Caprio’s intense portrayal of Teddy Daniels. His performance was a throttling [...]