Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Book adaptations are seldom successful and so it is with FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE, although there is much to admire in the film, written by the author himself, Niall Williams.
Convoluted plotting, the wildest chance and outrageous coincidence fit like …
Whatcha gunnar do if your country is invaded?
For Gunnar Sønsteby, in 1940 when the Nazi’s invaded Norway, he knew what. Resist.
As the German war machine invaded Norway, and Gunnar, a 23 year old accountant immediately offered his services …
A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY is the beautifully ironic title of Jennifer Trevelyan’s debut novel.
It’s the summer of 85/86 and a family of four, mum, dad and their two daughters trek from Wellington to the Kapiti coast of New Zealand for …
A seriously sinister comedy written and directed by Andrew De Young, FRIENDSHIP is a vessel of unhinged cringe.
Craig Waterman is a bloke with a good job, a wife who has survived cancer and a son showing Oedipal tendencies.
He …
Want one good reason to attend the 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival? Here are three.
Acclaimed director of The King’s Choice, Erik Poppe, returns to wartime Norway with Quisling: The Final Days, a bold and fascinating historical drama about …
Alluring to men, captivating to women, eternal scorner of convention, Sarah Bernhardt has become an immortal, regenerating in myth as the decades dance by, a French national treasure embraced by the world.
In director Guillaume Nicloux’s THE DIVINE SARAH BERNHARDT, …
THE CIRCUS LION is an impressive calling card from young Western Sydney film maker, Tigran Tovmasian.
Inspiration prowls large and the perspiration is palpable as Tovmasian takes on the roles of writer, lead actor, director, and producer in this lean …
“Grief is rotting your teeth” says Karsh’s dentist. Karsh is a restaurateur and rest in peace entrepreneur mourning the death of his wife. His dental health is commensurate with his mental health.
Inconsolable since her demise from an aggressive …
A sight for saurus eyes, JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH is a reheated reboot of the fossil franchise.
After a good opening sequence where a litter bug gets his just deserts, JURASSIC PARK REBIRTH settles into formulaic chug up a worrisome waterway, …
Adam Bowman drove through Cessnock on the lookout for a certain pie shop and thinking about Truman Capote. Capote’s idea for In Cold Blood had come from a newspaper story. Bowman’s own idea percolating came from a newspaper report about …