Reviews

The particular focus of The Godmother is a refreshing one

Set in Latvia on the eve of the Second World War and amidst the then Latvian dictatorship, a local, Christian sign painter finds himself in love with a Jewish girl

Set on an English shore less than typically idyllic against the impending Nazi blitz, a child is evacuated from London and lodged with Alice

It’s the mark of a great thriller when it hits the most well-worn horror tropes and you barely notice

Those famous aren’t always known for their greatest achievements

You’re going to hear a lot about how Queen & Slim is a lot like other movies, except it’s not.

First thing’s first; H.G. Wells this is not

It was weird

There’s something really important (mostly) missing from A Hidden Life; peculiar for a film with so much

The problem with ‘Jojo Rabbit’ isn’t that it’s offensive. It isn’t offensive, it’s just that it’s not especially good

Mystery-comedies don’t get made very much, nor do flicks that would have Agatha Christie queuing up

First of all; it’s stunning

Keira Knightley. Ian McKellen. Helen Mirren. Even more Helen Mirren

If you had to look up the title you may not learn what you want to from this film – a Wikipedia entry this is not

This review was not written by a machine

First thing’s first – Renee Zellweger; she’s good. Really good. She’ll probably win an Oscar, but we’re not here to talk about that

Despairing of his second feature, British filmmaker Benjamin (Merlin’s Colin Morgan) quickly falls for singer and all round charming dude Noah, played by Phenix Brossard who at the time of writing has likely been cast in a Mick Jagger biopic

Alice, abruptly discovering that her life savings were depleted by her husband’s use of escort services, turns to the industry to reclaim her property and support her child

Sad Astra. Sad Astronaut. Brad Astra. Dad Astra. Sad Brad Dad Astronaut movie

Millennials! Baby boomers! Cinema’s just only catching up on this trove of terror and the latest one is Tone-Deaf

An appropriately bizarre addition to this year’s Sydney Underground Film Festival, Greener Grass wants you think it’s better on the other side

They’re men! Men in belts, tight belts! They roam around the dojo looking for fights!

Defying straightforward explanation, the first of three imminent flicks titled Dreamland will surely be the most bizarre

It always comes down to that ending

As this is the Underground Film Festival, the resulting trials are not especially G-rated

Discovered with a smoking gun and all three of her dead parents, Sugar has a very short window to convince the authorities she didn’t do it

Memorable above all for breaking one ever-cautionary and cardinal rule of the detective thriller and to the film’s great credit doing it well

Two men, at odds, facing their ends aboard a spacecraft know that they might each be the last person they ever see

“There’s a vastness of vision in the 2019 line-up”

Those who fall from grace can yet fall farther