Tag: Review
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Luana Di Pasquale’s ‘Keep Mum’
A word of caution. Keep Mum will buzz around in your head long after its final scene. It is a gripping and chilling depiction of…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: ‘Faulty Roots’ from Ella Greenwood
Young people with serious illnesses have an especially hard cross to bear. Fear of being stigmatized socially, frustration with potentially limited options for their futures…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: The Bigamist (Ida Lupino)
Love and relationships are often considered to be sacred and private. When one betrays the social contract which is a relationship, the automatic reaction is…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: A New Leaf (Elaine May)
It’s always special when a filmmaker is able to create a world that shows off their unique sense of humour in a comedy. With A…
Fantasia 2020 Review – Sanzaru (2020)
The Fantasia International Film Festival has always been a great showcase for new directors looking to start their careers with some buzz. And the 2020…
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: 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…
