Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Japanese film makers have a knack of making council meetings interesting. I cite Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and his brilliant Evil Does Not Exist, and now Japanese documentation Kazuhiro Soda, renowned for his self-imposed “10 Commandments of Observational Documentary,” which include doing …
Paul Schrader and Russell Banks. Remember Affliction? It won James Coburn an Academy Award.
Paul Schrader and Richard Gere. Remember American Gigolo. It kick started his career.
So what went wrong with OH, CANADA? Oh, Dear, not a foregone conclusion.…
Suffering succotash! Jejune is busting out all over.
Better than Disney, more anarchic, sardonic, energetic, Looney Tunes was the cartoon of choice for me and my contemporaries.
How disappointing then to find LOONEY TUNES: THE EARTH BLEW UP such a …
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay. Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare. The lone and level sands of time.
This quote from Shelley, verbalised in THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, …
Arguably the best film of the year, FLOW is a genuine masterpiece.
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, FLOW is already the Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature and Golden Globes winner for Best Motion Picture – Animated, and the awards …
The cross replaced by the Swastika, the Bible replaced by Mein Kampf. You wouldn’t believe it in a hundred years. It’s as fanciful as an American invasion of Canada or Denmark, but nearly a hundred years ago, that’s exactly what …
“Molly turned page forty of the manuscript, put it face down on the stack and switched off her desk lamp….the pages of the novel had got under her skin and left her feeling strangely unsettled.”
This is how …
Methinks Mike Leigh is a like minded traveller with Henry Thoreau.
Leigh’s latest film, HARD TRUTHS, explores the idea that the mass of humanity lead lives of quiet desperation and that what may be called resignation is confirmed …
When a book shop owner decides to shut shop and skedaddle from Brazil during the oppressive military dictatorship of Emílio Garrastazu Médici, he gives a parting gift of a copy of The Diary of Anne Frank to one of the …
The only place to view four of the five films nominated for this year’s Feature documentary award at the Academy awards is Doc Play.
Porcelain War is amongst the five nominees, produced by Australian production company Songbird Studios in association …