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
Leftover Women
Category: Reviews
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
Review: Storm Boy / Bill
Storm Boy, directed by Shawn Seet is the second film adaptation of Colin Thiele’s novel of the same name. Starring Geoffrey Rush, the story is told using flashbacks to Michael… Read More
Review: Extravaganza / Mardi Gras Film Festival
Extravaganza provides a refreshing and intimate look into the burgeoning Shanghai drag scene as Matthew Baren documents the behind-the-scenes preparations of the drag show, of the same name, that took… Read More
Review: Spider-man Into the Spider-verse / Bill
The latest in a long line of Spider-Man films, Spider-man- Into the Spider-verse is one of the most memorable and well-made superhero films so far. While every other Spider-man film… Read More