Category: Film Reviews

Journey's End — Mini British Film Festival, Palace Cinemas, October–November 2018

Journey’s End — Mini British Film Festival, Palace Cinemas, October–November 2018

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, the war that was said to be ...
Swimming With Men — Mini British Film Festival 2018, Palace Cinemas, October–November 2018

Swimming With Men — Mini British Film Festival 2018, Palace Cinemas, October–November 2018

Rob Bryden stars in Swimming With Men as Eric, a jaded accountant ready to jump out of his rut both ...
The Children Act — Mini British Film Festival 2018, Palace Electric Cinemas, October–November 2018

The Children Act — Mini British Film Festival 2018, Palace Electric Cinemas, October–November 2018

Presenting acting every bit as solid and believable as you’d expect of them, Emma Thompson and Stanley Tucci play a ...
The Breaker-Upperers

The Breaker-Upperers

At the beginning of this movie, we meet two young women and see them in a quick succession of all ...
Tomorrow and Thereafter [Demain aux Tous les Autres Jours] — Alliance Française French Film Festival, Palace Cinemas, March 2018

Tomorrow and Thereafter [Demain aux Tous les Autres Jours] — Alliance Française French Film Festival, Palace Cinemas, March 2018

Nine-year-old Mathilde (Luce Rodriguez) cares for herself and her mother, Madame Zasinger (Noémie Lvovsky), even as she copes with the ...
[Film review] Palm Beach

[Film review] Palm Beach

Directed by Rachel Ward, Palm Beach depicts long-term friendships between three couples reuniting, with their several grown children, for the ...
Film - Quentin Tarantino's Farewell Tour

Film – Quentin Tarantino’s Farewell Tour

By Cameron Williams The trailer for Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood spruiks it as the ninth film of ...
The Magic Life of V — Stronger Than Fiction documentary film festival — Dendy Cinemas

The Magic Life of V — Stronger Than Fiction documentary film festival — Dendy Cinemas

Veera (Veera Lapinkoski), a young Finnish woman, lives with and cares for her intellectually disabled older brother, Ville (Ville Oksanen), ...
Talking About Trees — Stronger Than Fiction documentary film festival — Dendy Cinemas

Talking About Trees — Stronger Than Fiction documentary film festival — Dendy Cinemas

Four friends who decades earlier were film directors join together on a project in the hope of reviving cinematic tradition ...
Midnight Family — Stronger Than Fiction documentary film festival — Dendy Cinemas

Midnight Family — Stronger Than Fiction documentary film festival — Dendy Cinemas

Mexico City’s population of 9 million has access to fewer than 45 publicly funded ambulances, and the consequent shortfall is ...