Category: Science Fiction
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…
Robot & Frank
Film three at the Melbourne International Film Festival! Robot & Frank is the kind of film I walk into with the expectation that I’ll end up suffering a severe migraine from 90 minutes of compulsive eye-rolling. On paper, its premise seems to almost quiver with Ron Howard-esque sentimentality and cuteness. But somehow, by some miracle,…