Berlinale 2020: Interview With PARI Director Siamak Etemadi
Berlinale 2020: Interview With PARI Director Siamak Etemadi

We spoke with Pari director Siamak Etemadi about the tone of the film, its lead, and how he expects Western audiences will receive the film.

Berlinale 2020: ORDINARY JUSTICE (PALLAZZO DI GIUSTIZIA) & PARI
Berlinale 2020: ORDINARY JUSTICE (PALLAZZO DI GIUSTIZIA) & PARI

Wilson Kwong reviews two films from emerging filmmakers that screened at Berlinale 2020: Ordinary Justice and Pari.

WHITE SNAKE: The Classic Myth + A Mesh of Hollywood Ideas
WHITE SNAKE 白蛇:緣起: The Classic Myth + A Mesh Of Hollywood Ideas

This telling of White Snake adds an action-fantasy plot to its romance story, and feels like a mesh of other fantasy films you’ve seen before.

Bollywood Inquiry February 2020: LOVE AAJ KAL 2, SHUBH MANGAL ZYAADA SAAVDAN, THAPPAD
Bollywood Inquiry February 2020: LOVE AAJ KAL 2, SHUBH MANGAL ZYAADA SAAVDAN, THAPPAD

Musanna Ahmed takes a look at some February Bollywood releases: Love Aaj Kal 2, Shubh Mangal Zyaada Saavdan and Thappad.

STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E6) "The Impossible Box": A Difficult Reunion
STAR TREK: PICARD (S1E6) “The Impossible Box”: A Difficult Reunion

While the 6th episode of Star Trek: Picard makes strides towards the franchise’s core ideas and is significantly more ambitious, it still struggles to know what to do with itself.

Fantastic Film Festival Australia Report 2: CUTTERHEAD & CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER
Fantastic Film Festival Australia Report 2: CUTTERHEAD & CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER

For our second report from the Fantastic Film Festival Australia, we take a look at…

Berlinale 2020: THE ROADS NOT TAKEN
Berlinale 2020: THE ROADS NOT TAKEN

The Roads Not Taken is surprisingly immersive and punctuated with many emotional beats along the way.

GREED: The Unacceptable Face Of Capitalism

There are real issues to address in Greed, yet there feels to be very little intent to showcase these.

THE LODGE: A Fun, Subversive Horror Hit
THE LODGE: A Fun, Subversive Horror Hit

The Lodge is inventive, it’s clever and it’s pretty damn spooky. If you’re a horror fan, don’t let this one slip under the radar.

THE INVISIBLE MAN: An Effective Modernization Of The Classic Monster
THE INVISIBLE MAN: An Effective Modernization Of The Classic Monster

From its opening scene of a mansion overlooking the ocean to its anxiety-inducing conclusion, The Invisible Man brings Universal Monsters to a whole new level.

RESISTANCE Trailer
RESISTANCE Trailer

Resistance tells the story of a group of Jewish Boy Scouts who worked with the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans during World War II.

FORREST GUMP & Manipulating Your Emotions With Musical Score
FORREST GUMP Manipulates Your Emotions With Its Musical Score

William Hopson explores how Alan Silvestri’s score proves to be manipulative in the best possible way in Forrest Gump.

THE OUTSIDER (S1E9) "Tigers And Bears": El Coco's Whereabouts Are Revealed
THE OUTSIDER (S1E9) “Tigers And Bears”: El Coco’s Whereabouts Are Revealed

Before the season ends, The Outsider has to deliver a reasonably satisfying conclusion that’ll at least gratify those viewers who stuck with the series.

Berlinale 2020: RIZI (DAYS)
Berlinale 2020: RIZI (DAYS)

To say that Tsai Ming-Liang’s Rizi is a challenging film would be understating the staggering experience of actually watching the film.

THE CLONE WARS (S7E1+2) "The Bad Batch" & "A Distant Echo": We're Back!
THE CLONE WARS (S7E1+2) “The Bad Batch” & “A Distant Echo”: We’re Back!

Before I fell in love with Baby Yoda and the gunslinging world brought to us…