Dark Mofo is a space for oddities and the screening in the Hobart Town Hall of this 1920 silent, German horror with live music score by electronic artist Lucrecia Dalt is a good place to start.
Continue readingThe Golem (1920)
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Parasite (기생충) (2019)
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On my forays to Melbourne, I don’t often re-watch a film at the cinema – so many new films, so little time – but Parasite was worth a second go, especially as Cinema Nova was screening a black-and-white version.
Continue readingBlood (O Sangue) (1989)
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Kayo Kayo Colour (2023)
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As the first gorgeous black-and-white scenes unfolded, I thought I had stumbled into a documentary.
Continue readingFremont (2023)
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I loved Babak Jalali’s Radio Dreams (2016), and he doesn’t disappoint with the tonally very different but just as meticulous Fremont.
Continue readingThe Goddess (Devi) (1960)
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Satyajit Ray is a master of pared-back social drama that exposes the class and social structure of India.
Continue readingThe Novelist’s Film (소설가의 영화)(2022)
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I find myself wanting to like South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo’s work. Maybe I’m choosing the wrong ones out of his huge filmography as they seem whimsically pedestrian and self-absorbed, albeit in a way that’s meant to be charming.
Continue readingA Resistance (항거:유관순 이야기) (2019)
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Cho Min-ho gives us a measured exploration of the Korean independence protests of the 20s that thoroughly engages with its focus on one women and her plight.
Continue readingPlaylist (2021)
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Like a black and white Amelie (2001) without the whimsy, French director and graphic novelist Nine Antico’s first feature tracks the travails of hapless Sophie (Sara Forestier) as she searches for love.
Continue readingDear Comrades! (Dorogie tovarishchi) (2020)
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In carefully composed black and white imagery, we watch the Soviet propaganda machine go into overdrive to cover up 1960s labour strikes and a subsequent, ill-advised massacre.
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