The best film I’ve seen so far this festival. An incredibly intimate portrait of the English Tamil-born singer and rapper, M.I.A. The film follows Maya’s rise to fame and the… Read More
Review: Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. / Nick
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Mini Review: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda / Nick
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda is an excellent documentary following my favourite composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto. The film is a meditation on Sakamoto’s cancer diagnosis, recent career hiatus and production techniques. He discusses… Read More
Interview with André Aciman / Call Me By Your Name
Last year, when I walked out of my first viewing of Luca Guadagnino’s sensual masterpiece Call Me By Your Name, I shot rapid fire texts to all of my phone… Read More
Review: Call Me By Your Name / Nick
Every year, there is at least one film that changes the way I look at film, or exposes me to a cinematic language that I’ve never seen before. Last year,… Read More
Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer / Nick
One of the year’s hardest films to sit through, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is the latest effort from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos. I loved his previous films, Dogtooth… Read More
Three Films You Have No Excuse Not to Watch / Nick
What I finally realised after writing about low-key or lesser known arthouse films, is that a lot of them have really limited home-video release, or are only available overseas. In… Read More
Review: It Comes At Night / Nick
After sitting on it overnight, I have finally found words to describe Trey Edward-Shult’s new post- horror film, It Comes At Night, after previously only being able to articulate the… Read More
Bong Joon-Ho red carpet interview
Nick and Mischa hit the red carpet at the Closing night of the Sydney Film Festival to chat with Bong Joon-Ho.
Filmmaker Series / Bong Joon-Ho /Nick
by Nick Ward In this series, I wish to discuss some of my favourite filmmakers and hopefully introduce people to some of their favourite filmmakers. In my first entry into… Read More
Response: Seven Samurai / Sydney Film Festival / Nick
The theatre’s lights fade. A lady opens her phone on full brightness, only to be shushed and disciplined by those around her. People wonder whether their parking ticket will expire… Read More