Director Alex Ross Perry specialises in unlikable protagonists. His film Listen Up Phillip explores the life of author Phillip, who is manipulative and deeply conceited, and Queen of Earth portrays the psychological… Read More
Her Smell
Category: Reviews
The Souvenir
The Souvenir follows young film student Julie (Honour Swinton-Byrne) through a progressively dysfunctional relationship with Anthony (Tom Burke), a cultured, clever, heroin addict. There are many meta components to the… Read More
Minuscule: Mandibles from Far Away
Minuscule: Mandibles from Far Away is the second Minuscule feature. Thomas Szabo and Hélène Giraud have created a surprisingly heart-warming movie that doesn’t need to rely on dialogue to take the… Read More
The Public
Emilio Estevez directs and stars alongside Alec Baldwin in The Public, an empathetic story of homelessness and the fight for fairness and survival. Stuart Goodson (brilliantly portrayed by Emilio Estevez),… Read More
Vai
Vai is an expressive anthology of vignettes by First Nations Pasifika women spanning seven countries. Each episode tells a day in the life of Vai in different stages of her… Read More
Only You
Only You (2018) has all the elements of your typical romantic drama. Two strangers share a taxi on New Years Eve, they talk, dance, and a fast-paced relationship begins. From the… Read More
Dark Phoenix
Warning! Spoilers Ahead! Dark Phoenix is the second last installment of the X-Men saga which falls extremely short of the franchise’s high expectations. The most disappointing aspect of the movie… Read More
One Child Nation
One Child Nation, directed by Nanfu Wang and Zhang Jia-Ling, delves into the harrowing issue of incalculable complexity, that is, the One-child policy of China. Its complexity arises from a… Read More
Minuscule – Mandibles from Far Away
Minuscule – Mandibles from Far Away is a wonderful film that shows exactly what one might imagine the world of an insect is like. I had the chance to see… Read More
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
For the mouthful of a word it is, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch was one of the most fluently beautiful films I’ve ever seen. If Wes Anderson made a documentary, this… Read More