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Bad Behaviour (2023)

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I was intrigued to see Alice Englert’s first feature, particularly as it’s stars Jennifer Connelly and Ben Whishaw and, hopefully, the New Zealand people and landscape.

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September 22, 2023 Leave a comment

Inshallah a Boy (ان شاء الله ولد)(2023)

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Amjad Al Rasheed gives a Farhadi-like look at the life of a Jordanian widow.

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September 21, 2023 Leave a comment

Drift (2023)

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Anthony Chen give us a compelling portrait of loss in his first English language feature.

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September 20, 2023 Leave a comment

Cobweb (거미집) (2023)

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This funny, chaotic, madcap film tumbles you through an ever shifting farce.

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September 19, 2023 Leave a comment

Blood (O Sangue) (1989)

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How do you rate a film when you don’t understand it?

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September 18, 2023 Leave a comment

You’ll Never Find Me (2023)

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Sometimes you want a horror experience that’s visceral and uncomplicated and the debut feature by South Australian directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen gives that in spades.

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September 17, 2023 Leave a comment

La Chimera (2023)

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Alice Rohrwacher’s winsome fable needs the viewer to go along for the ride.

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September 16, 2023 1 Comment

Charcoal (Carvão) (2022)

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What would you do to lift yourself out of poverty?

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September 15, 2023 1 Comment

May December (2023)

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It’s hard to know what to say about this artful, meticulous, melodrama by Todd Haynes.

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September 14, 2023 Leave a comment

Beyond Utopia (2022)

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What starts as a talking heads documentary about North Korean defectors becomes a gripping race to safety as we follow a family who have crossed the border into a hostile China.

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September 13, 2023 Leave a comment

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