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
One Child Nation
Category: Reviews
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
Leftover Women
When conservative values of Chinese culture come to a clash with the growing progressive attitudes of women who begin to exercise more autonomy over their own lives, the dilemma of… Read More
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool is a bio-documentary of probably the greatest trumpeter of all time. The doco takes you through Miles’ life from start to finish, and doubles… Read More
Tito and the Birds
Gustavo Steinberg, André Catoto, Gabriel Bitar are the creative geniuses that directed the film Tito and the Birds. This visually stunning Brazilian animation combines art and animation in a new… Read More
German Film Festival 2019
Last week I attended the Media preview screening for 25km/h, a film from the 2019 German Film Festival screening in Sydney from May 21st – June 9th, presented by Palace… Read More
Review: Where Hands Touch / Jacinthe
Where Hands Touch centers on the story of 16-year-old Leyna, a biracial girl growing up in Nazi Germany. The romantic war drama is British director Amma Asante’s fourth film and… Read More
Review: Eighth Grade / Madison
Making his feature directorial debut in Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham strives to produce a realistic vision into ‘teenagehood’ of the modern day. Following main character Kayla (Elsie Fisher), the film is… Read More
Review : The Hate U Give / Tiana
Oscar Grant, Tayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice with Sandra Bland. These are just a few young African Americans whose lives now only exist in commemorative memory after they were… Read More