Ladyworld
Within LADYWORLD Kramer has succeeded in breaking through the walls of expressive cinema, nonconformist cinema, and in some respects feminist cinema; but the film has failed to fully break through the forth wall. Steph Brown reviews.
Category Archives: Reviews
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The manner in THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO gently and lyrically blends that story with ideas of home, belonging, and internalised personal history transcends the boundaries of San Francisco or the Bay Area. Jim Ross reviews.
System Crasher
A remarkable achievement, which, without overly sensationalising what is a bleak and often repetitive situation, manages to be continuously gripping and intense.
Domestique
This domestic drama-cum-horror film, both bleak and oblique, owes much of its power to the director’s attention to detail in every shot.
Calalai: In Betweenness
When political media increasingly feed on, and seek to create, mass hysteria, CALALAI: IN-BETWEENNESS is a welcome disruption to the gender identity narrative. Willa Bews reviews at SQIFF 2019.
Meeting Gorbachev
The way that Herzog can scope out the narrative of an interview is quite something to behold, with a firm grasp on his line of questioning. Elle Haywood reviews MEETING GORBACHEV.
Marriage Story
MARRIAGE STORY portrays truth, and with a fresh perspective. An incredibly rare find, writes Fiona Hughes.
It Must Be Heaven
IT MUST BE HEAVEN is Suleiman’s funniest film, the comedy laced up with his elegant, rebarbative vision.
Brothers
BROTHERS is a tale of co-dependence, love, and the destruction that comes with them, writes Josh Ragan.
Men Inside
What happens to dreams deferred by imprisonment? MEN INSIDE ventures inside the walls of Baumettes prison in Marseille.