Category: Reviews
Melbourne International Film Festival – Starts tonight!
The Melbourne International Film Festival kicks off tonight with the red carpet Australian premiere of Pedro Almodovar’s new film I’m So Excited. This year I was lucky enough to be offered a place on the festival’s short film selection panel, so I’ve managed to squeeze my way in for the big night. I’ll be reporting…
Room 237: Nutbags talkin’ Kubrick
Another (slightly belated) review from the Melbourne International Film Festival. As far as I’m concerned, there are two types of people in this world. There are those people who love Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and then there are those that the forces of the universe have placed before me in order to test the limits…
Carre Blanc: Evil guys with ties
Another quick review from the Melbourne International Film Festival Jean-Baptiste Leonetti’s first feature film, Carre Blanc, has been compared to such dystopian literary works as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Orwell’s 1984, and even to Terry Gilliam’s masterpiece, Brazil. All of these comparisons are a little ambitious and beyond the reach of Leonetti’s film…
Rampart: Woody Harrelson kills baddies… and goodies
Another quick review from the Melbourne International Film Festival Woody Harrelson proves once again that he is one of the most incredibly underappreciated actors of his generation in Rampart, the latest film from the talented Oren Moverman. Rampart follows the story a corrupt Los Angeles police officer who never misses an opportunity to indulge in…
Dark Horse
Another quick review from the Melbourne International Film Festival! Dark Horse is the latest tale of irrevocably stunted human beings attempting to navigate their way through the real world from veteran director Todd Solondz. As a general rule, I find Solondz’ work very difficult to bear, not because it is bad, but because his portrayal…