Category: Review
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: No Home Movie (Chantal Akerman)
A home movie calls to mind childhood memory. They’re time capsules, going back to an age before we know the truth about the world we…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Your Sister’s Sister (Lynn Shelton)
Before we talk about the film, it is important we talk about the filmmaker. Lynn Shelton was a dynamic, humanist, compassionate storyteller. She was always looking…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Troubled Water (Elena Wiener)
Trübes Wasser (Troubled Water), is a short film written, directed, and animated by Elena Wiener. Even from the first frame, the imagery used is striking:…
Film Review: Peninsula (2020)
After his breakout 2016 zombie thriller hit Train to Busan, it only seemed natural that director Yeon Sang-ho would return to the story. And after…
Film Review: Spree (2020)
With the rise of social media, fame became more accessible than ever. Gaining a large following became achievable for anyone with a recording device and…
Fantasia 2020 Review – Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
Nobuhiko Obayashi was a true revolutionary of cinema. Most might know the filmmaker for his 1977 cult classic House. Obayashi has steadily been working behind…
Fantasia 2020 Review – Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020)
It seems obvious what the result of a battle between 588 men and 1 samurai would be. With the odds drastically against the samurai, it…
1994 in Film: The Hudsucker Proxy
“Long live The Hud” is what the grey suited, morose, chairmen of Hudsucker industries chant after they witness their President, Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning) fall…
1994 in Film: Muriel and the arrival of Toni Collette
Australia is famous for many reasons. Our sun-kissed beaches are the envy of the world. We love Vegemite on toast, which continues to baffle most…
1994 in Film: Priscilla and the Original Drag Race
For the last decade, drag culture has almost become entirely mainstream, largely thanks to the glitz, glamour, and tea-spilling of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Which has…
1994 in Film: Shallow Grave
Shallow Grave is director Danny Boyle’s first feature film, and Ewan McGregor’s first major role. An intense psychological thriller with a side of black comedy,…
1994 in Film: Ed Wood
Ed Wood is a celebration of movies and outcasts. It’s a love letter to the golden age of schlocky movies, and the hopeless dreamers who…
1994 in Film: Little Women
Throughout the history of cinema, the story of the March Sisters has graced the big screen many times. With each edition having its own distinct…
Film Review: Summerland (2020)
Without using therm old-fashioned too liberally, we might well be on familiar ground with the release of Summerland. Immediately identifiable for those of us that…
