Some of the Film in Revolt team watched Jesse Eisenberg’s latest film Vivarium staying at home last week. ‘Vivarium is a fever dream of a movie, trapping viewers into an absurd and claustrophobic limbo… Read More
Vivarium
Category: Reviews
Little Women
Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of the classic novel has been described as the Little Women for this generation, and it most certainly is. Gerwig has done it again with this… Read More
Underwater
If you want a popcorn sci-fi film that might make you jump, has easy to watch performances and cements Kristen Stewart as an action star in the making, you could… Read More
MGFF top picks
Bonnie, Amy and Kena from our team give us their top picks for the 2020 Mardi Gras Film Festival. Bonnie Lingua Franca. I’m excited to see the work of Isabel… Read More
For Sama
Waad al-Kateab’s “love letter” (For Sama) to her daughter is a brilliantly crafted film and an incredibly intimate, eye-opening look at the impact of war on people who are forced… Read More
Martha: A Picture Story
Australian Director Selina Miles’ Martha: A Picture Story (2019) documents the life and photographic work of photojournalist and independent/freelance photographer Martha’ Marty’ Cooper. This film brings great insight into the work and… Read More
Up the Mountain
In Up The Mountain, a blurring of documentary and fiction, director Zhang Yang portrays the spiritual and rejuvenating qualities of a simple pastoral lifestyle surrounded by fulfilling relationships with people… Read More
High Life
The experiences of humankind, the central feature of storytelling via cinema, is obscurely re-visited in Claire Denis’ High Life (2018). The film is a piece of speculative -science-fiction -horror, which… Read More
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy-Blaché was shamefully forced and written out of cinema history. Pamela B Green’s Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché aims to reclaim Guy-Blaché’s story for women, filmmakers… Read More
Halston
The heavily saturated and enchanting appeal and demise of fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick is revealed in Frédéric Tcheng’s Halston (2019). The iconic designer and entrepreneur began his career as… Read More