Category: Reviews
![The Forger [Der Passfälscher] — German Film Festival](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-forger-v2.jpg)
The Forger [Der Passfälscher] — German Film Festival
Review by John P. Harvey. Samson “Cioma” Schönhaus (Louis Hofmann) is under threat in Nazi Germany. His Jewish parents and ...
![It’s Just a Phase, Honey [Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase] — German Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/199488.jpg)
It’s Just a Phase, Honey [Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase] — German Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. In their younger days, Paul (Christoph Maria Herbst), now a successful author, and Emilia (Christiane ...
![[Film review] How to Please a Woman](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/3pBrmaHS4NDrAnXLALnoSK74Zdp.jpg)
[Film review] How to Please a Woman
Review by John P. Harvey. In How to Please a Woman, Sally Phillips plays Gina, whose otherwise unremarkable 50th birthday ...
![The Black Square [Das schwarze Quadrat] — German Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/7bf286a6d86a224f80cc06dd55a4d8c9.jpg)
The Black Square [Das schwarze Quadrat] — German Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Having stolen a famous painting, Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square, former artist and now professional art thief ...

Canberra’s SPINNING PLATES beguile and delight on ‘Neon Desert’
Spinning Plates single review by Vince Leigh Spinning Plates, the three-piece alternative rock band from Canberra, has just released Neon ...

RON E BUCKPITT tells us to Put It on Face Book
Ron E Buckpitt single review by Vince Leigh Ron E Buckpitt calls himself a “roustabout from the shearing sheds”, and ...

EMME LENTINO changes direction with Shake It Off
Emme Lentino single review by Vince Leigh Singer–songwriter Emme Lentino has hit the ground running in 2022 with a new ...

Contra — German Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. When first-year law student Naima (Nilam Farooq) arrives a few minutes late for a law ...
![A Stasi Comedy [Stasikomödie] — German Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/207_-_20191028-DSC03906-_KLEIN-final.jpg)
A Stasi Comedy [Stasikomödie] — German Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. When, against his every urge to save a cat on the road, the young poet ...

TALIESIN’s ‘Faceless’ – a killer of a concept album
Taliesin album review by Vince Leigh The five-piece progressive metal band from Canberra, Taliesin, has released the album Faceless. Originally ...