Tag: Palace Cinemas Canberra

Quintessentially British — Cunard British Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. What makes something English and what makes the English as they are constitute the subject ...

Joyride — Cunard British Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Joyride pits an 11-year-old boy, Mully (Charlie Reid), against a desperate new mother, Joy (Olivia ...
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[Film review] Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre Live)
In the middle of the long-running Battle of Britain, airman Jack Absolute (Laurie Davidson), hero of the day, takes the ...
![<em>On Our Watch</em> [<em>E noi come stronzi rimanemmo a guardare</em>] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022](https://bmamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1635019361166.jpg)
On Our Watch [E noi come stronzi rimanemmo a guardare] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. This clever film’s little jokes, all the way from its title to its final scene, ...

Belli Ciao — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Pio (Pio D’Antini) and Amedeo (Amedeo Grieco) have been inseparable friends since early childhood — ...

Ennio: The Maestro — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Quick question: what does Zeffirelli’s Hamlet share with The Untouchables and The Good, the Bad, ...
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The Great Silence [Il silenzio grande] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. It’s the 1960s, and the successful author Valerio Primic (Massimiliano Gallo) is in his study ...
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[Film review] The Railway Children Return
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. City children are being evacuated to the countryside as German's bombing of Britain continues into ...
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The Perfect Dinner [La cena perfetta] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by John P. Harvey. Sent north from Naples to manage a money laundry with a restaurant as a front, ...
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The Shadow of the Day [L’ombra del giorno] — St. Ali Italian Film Festival 2022
Review by Michele E. Hawkins. In 1930s Fascist Italy, wounded World War I veteran Luciano (Riccardo Scamarcio) runs a successful, ...