I loved Robert Machoian’s The Killing of Two Lovers (2020) and he again examines a crisis of masculinity in rural America, albeit through a simpler tale.
Continue readingThe Integrity of Joseph Chambers (2022)
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Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)
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My expectations were high for this second feature from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lily Amirpour.
Continue readingWatcher (2022)
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Chloe Okuno’s debut feature is a taut and tense thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat.
Continue readingThe United States of America (2022)
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I love having an unexpected film experience. James Benning gives us an alphabetical tour of the states, territories and districts of the USA that is part meditation and part lexophile’s delight with a paraprosdokian sting in the tail (look it up).
Continue readingBodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
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This Gen Z horror comedy is bound to become a pop culture favourite with its witty and quotable dialogue and great blend of gore and laughs.
Continue readingThree Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
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This is a lush and enthralling ‘fairytale’ based on A S Byatt’s short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” and director by Australian legend George Miller.
Continue readingEmily the Criminal (2022)
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Emily the Criminal is a solid thriller that is elevated by two excellent lead performances.
Continue readingHarka (2022)
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There is something inevitable about the trajectory of Ali’s life in Lofty Nathan’s sunbleached drama of hopelessness that foreshadows the start of the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia in 2011.
Continue readingWar Pony (2022)
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It’s worth lauding this film simply because of its collaborative creation with Hollywood heavyweight Riley Keough adding weight to what is essentially an authentic indigenous story.
Continue readingPromising Young Woman (2020)
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I have been waiting for the release of this one for many months. The trailer is a cracker with a drunk Cassie (Carey Mulligan) being picked up a series of ‘nice guys’ who then sexually assault her in her comatose state.
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