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An artful satire about collective responsibility and contemporary art, The Square is clever and sometimes challenging but overlong in delivering its message. Continue reading
The Square (2017)
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Virtual Reality: Inside Manus (2017)
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Three men who have been held in detention on Manus Island tell their stories in an affecting graphic novel style of virtual reality. Continue reading
Dark City (1998)
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What a ride! Dark City is like a glorious pastiche of sci-fi; the production design is Blade Runner if it was set in Adelaide, the villains are Nosferatu goth boy band wannabees and the hero is a 90s Humphrey Bogart if he wandered into The Matrix. Continue reading
Free and Easy (2017)
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This quirky fable about modern day China charmed me with its surreal drollness and allowed a few quiet moments for a catnap. Continue reading
Yourself and Yours (2016)
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This is rather delicate and oddball offering from Korean director Hong Sang-soo poses more questions than it answers but provides enough threads to pull together into a satisfying exploration of love and relationships. Continue reading
Human Traces (2017)
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This surprising New Zealand drama set on a remote sub-antarctic island focuses on three separate view points of one story. Continue reading
Happy End (2017)
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I’m used to Michael Haneke dramas dealing a devastating blow as the credits roll (The White Ribbon, The Piano Teacher) so I was unprepared for the droll humour and light hand of this study of a wealthy French family struggling to let go of the past. Continue reading
The Teacher (2016)
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Beautifully crafted, with an authentic 80s Communist aesthetic, The Teacher is a lesson in the power of the collective. Continue reading
Los Perros (2017)
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Dogs are a repeated and, I suspect, metaphorical motif in this Chilean drama by Marcela Said about the complicity of the middle-class in avoiding accountability for the atrocities committed under Pinochet. #MIFF2017 Continue reading
Patti Cake$ (2017)
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This oddball, feel-good feature unrolls like an 8mm Precious with Australian actor Danielle Macdonald as its shining heart. Continue reading
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