Screenwave International Film Festival News, Reviews & Interviews

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

“Hopefully this project will provide opportunities for our directors and to dispel the myth that women only make one kind of horror or that they aren’t interested in the genre”

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

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

It always comes down to that ending

The Death of Dick Long is having none of your genre

One rarely expects a film as good as ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ to come along and we are always glad when it does

In a Festival beset by unnecessary controversies and ill-considered depictions of violence, Dirty God showed us how well it can be done

Possibly the only Sydney Film Festival title ever to feature a question mark

Hundreds of films screen every year at the Sydney Film Festival and you can’t always rely on the best one, or close to it, getting it’s dues

"It's completely changed the way I am and the way I see myself doing this movie"

Both bear uneasy depictions of violence, yet one resonates powerfully and with evident quality. The other, ill-considered in near every respect

We don’t deserve Pedro Almodovar; thank God he disagrees

Earning the time to tell this story, The Lives of Others Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has triumphed again

Growing older is hard, growing up is harder

"I love Dublin so much, we got to really fall in love with Dublin"

All the pieces did well to come together for this one

Blocking. It doesn’t get talked about much, but it’s very important – and Sara Colangelo knows what she’s doing

As curious as it is frequently infuriating, Three Identical Strangers takes its fascinating subject(s) to altogether captivating places.