Film Festivals
Equalled with terrific editing and a beautiful turn of cinematography, Revenir is a terrific boiling pot of emotional intensity.
An alluring fixture with a hefty and enlightening impactful weight, The Laundromat drowns due to an overindulgence in material and excessive narrative.
Dark and gritty, Joker is a pressure cooker of emotional abuse that is just ticking, ready to blow at every minute.
While Ad Astra is no doubt visually stimulating, ultimately Gray’s film is a meandering lifeless existential entity that overly emphasises on simplicity.
Marriage Story is a heavy-hitting and brutal feature that leaves no stone unturned and no fallen tear allowed to escape from the camera.
Go! is the perfect adversary to the rising encroachment of American animated films that dominate Australian cinemas every holiday period – it’s old fashioned for sure, but undeniably fun.
Alex Lines reports from Melbourne International Film Festival and reviews three more films: Particles, Something Else and Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks.
The Day Shall Come is a dark, biting commentary on systemic racism of law enforcement and the weird Kafkaesque nature of the War on Terror.
Alex Lines latest festival report from Melbourne International Film Festival features reviews of The Lodge, Angel of Mine and The Unknown Saint.
Alex Lines covers the short film award winners of this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival shorts programme.
Alex Lines reviews The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil and Take Point, following their recent Australian premieres at the Korean Film Festival.
Mr. Jones is a harsh, masterful film about being wary of the lies being fed to you by your media and your government.
In our first recap from this year’s MIFF 2019, we look at the films The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, Koko-di Koko-da and Tommaso!
With Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, Ben Wheatley has crafted a very funny, very real family drama that shows a simple universal truth: all families are weird.
Kristy Strouse takes a look at the offerings of international genre fest Fantasia Film Festival, reviewing Depraved, Riot Girls and The Incredible Shrinking Wknd.