2023

NIGHT OF THE HARVEST: It Gave It A Shot
NIGHT OF THE HARVEST: It Gave It A Shot

Despite its inconsistent storytelling and wooden performances, Night of the Harvest offers a certain charm that inspires appreciation for filmmaking.

TUESDAY: We Need More Original Films Like This
TUESDAY: We Need More Original Films Like This

Tuesday was a beautiful and moving film, if you haven’t seen it, you need to and you need to tell five friends to do the same.

Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP
Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP

The Melbourne International Film Festival is in its 72nd year with a program of global features, shorts, documentaries, VR experiences, and classic movies.

RED ROOMS: Half Sick Of Shadows Online
RED ROOMS: Half Sick Of Shadows Online

Red Rooms is hypnotic, eerie, enticing, and undeniably repulsive, a procedural with the stifling rhythms of an addiction story or a dream.

I’LL BE RIGHT THERE: If Parenthood Were A Modern Indie
I’LL BE RIGHT THERE: If Parenthood Were A Modern Indie

I’ll Be Right There showcases family drama and how, within that drama, there can be something to laugh and feel good about.

Woman of the Hour: Trailer 1
WOMAN OF THE HOUR TRAILER 1

Anna Kendrick directs and stars in the ridiculous true story of a serial killer who won a date on a TV game show mid-killing spree in “Woman of the Hour.”

Almost None: Revisiting SALTBURN
Almost None: Revisiting SALTBURN

Despite its issues, I find the movie an uncomfortably entrancing tale of desire, one that I will continue to return to for years to come.

SISI & I: The Empress Through Another’s Eyes
SISI & I: The Empress Through Another’s Eyes

Sisi & I is a worthwhile look at her life through the eyes of another, even as it suffers from comparisons to similar work.

FAMILY PORTRAIT: A Family Under the Influence

Family Portrait captures the underlying sense of menace seeping into the monotony of everyday life that characterized the early days of the pandemic.

Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes review
 SENECA: ON THE CREATION OF EARTHQUAKES: Seneca Just Won’t Shut Up

Robert Schwentke’s German film “Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes” is the latest movie in which John Malkovich gets to yell at people.

GREEN BORDER: Intention Versus Execution
GREEN BORDER: Intention Versus Execution

All these errors in execution aside, Green Border should raise international awareness of what’s happening to these refugees on the European border.

MARS EXPRESS: A Well-Built Android Neo-Noir
MARS EXPRESS: A Well-Built Android Neo-Noir

Mars Express finds the right words and plucks the precise emotional heartstrings to make such a film more meaningful.

BANEL & ADAMA: Duty And Desire
BANEL & ADAMA: Duty And Desire

A powerful and poetic debut feature, Banel & Adama signifies Sy as an exciting young artist to watch in world cinema.

NEW LIFE: That's Not Ebola, Raymond
NEW LIFE: That’s Not Ebola, Raymond

Even with as slow and frustrating as the first half of it was, New Life was still a fun watch.

THE BEAST: An Unnerving Collage of Henry James, Sci-Fi, and Angry Young Men

The Beast is about a man beset with loneliness and fears of a fatalistic event likened to an unseen beast haunting him.