Houston , we have a problem.
Nick Broomfield’s documentary about Whitney Houston, CAN I BE ME?, is such a slow burn affair that interest for the general view may well splutter before it ignites.
It begins with the 911 call …
Invariably, the great surprises and sincere sensations of the Sydney Film Festival come from documentary film makers shining cinematic spotlights on our past, present and futures, rectifying the forgotten by elevating remembrance, examining the individual and celebrating the universal.
Two …
“ Here lies Raphael: when he was living, nature feared he would defeat her, now that he is dead, she fears her end is near.”
From the team that has produced “The Vatican Museums”, “Florence and the Uffizi Gallery” and …
A matriarch with a Messiah complex, Anne Hamilton-Byrne was a glamorous yoga teacher whose charismatic aura amassed a cult following and spawned a surrogate family of illegally sourced children, under the auspices of The Santiniketan Park Association.
Rosie Jones’ documentary, …
Knocking the Who Do You Think You Are? concept out of the ring, THE PANTHER WITHIN is a winning technical and emotional knock-out of a film.
In a tag team bout of several suspenseful rounds, film-maker Edoardo Crismani and his …
What a cast!
Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Sam Neil, Judy Davis, Jackie Weaver, Rachel Griffiths, Geoffrey Rush, Bryan Brown and Eric Bana. To name a few. That’s the incredible line-up amassed for DAVID STRATTON: A CINEMATIC LIFE.
A film critic …
Featured image – Director Ralph Loop at an event for the film.
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Dante
This is a fascinating, intense examination of Sandro Botticelli’s (1445- 1510) famous work that jumps from the Vatican to Florence, …
As is the case every year the upcoming Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) will again be strong in the documentary category with a number of outstanding documentaries.
South African director Saxon Logan’s film SYLVIA : TRACING BLOOD is bound to …
Natasha Lawrence and Kylene Anderson are two indigenous women who have a dream to make it to the Arnolds – an amateur bodybuilding competition being held in Australia for the first time.
The determined women struggle with diets, exercises and …
Screening as part of the Mardi Gras Film Festival this is a fascinating and informative documentary examining the life and complex works of Yvonne Rainer.
Dance fans and those interested in the history of film and performance art especially pertaining …