Alice is a wicked, delicious ride that pulls both laughs and tears from the audience. Keke Palmer absolutely slays as a plantation slave in Georgia who escapes to find herself in… Read More
Alice
Category: Sydney Film Festival
Hinterland
Ruzowitzky cross-breeds a war picture with a frothy horror flick, though between his over-reliance on CGI-splashed backdrops and a surprisingly superficial script, one suspects the end result resembles actual schlock… Read More
Reflection: Wong Kar Wai Retrospective / Love & Neon
By the end of this retrospective, I am even more enraptured by Wong Kar Wai’s world. I have found immense value in viewing his work together through a retrospective, seeing… Read More
My Blueberry Nights
Essential characteristics of Wong Kar Wai’s cinematic universe are transplanted into the American context of My Blue Berry Nights as he continues to muse on the universal experiences of love… Read More
Fallen Angels
Written as a complementary narrative to the two love stories in Chungking Express, Fallen Angels is its more grimy and more painful counterpart. Together, their light and dark complement and… Read More
Ashes fo Time / Wong Kar Wai
Ashes of Time (1994) presents Wong Kar Wai’s ambitious take on the martial arts genre, wuxia (武侠- literally translating to “martial heroes”). Ashes of Time: Redux (2008) is the re-edited… Read More
Chungking Express – Wong Kar Wai
Chungking Express is one of the best introductory films to Wong Kar Wai’s work. Chronicling two separate stories about two charming but lovelorn policemen, they are seamlessly brought together by… Read More
Days of Being Wild – Wong Kar Wai
Days of Being Wild begins to flesh out the Wong Kar Wai’s cinematic world, using the potent imagery of early 60’s Hong Kong and the Philippines to entangle a… Read More
As Tears Go By – Wong Kar Wai
Wong Kar Wai’s impressive directorial debut in 1988, As Tears Go By, demonstrates the director’s acumen for portraying the diurnal rhythms of yearning with a healthy dose of commercial appeal.… Read More
Interview with Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond / My Little Sister
Janine from Film in Revolt spoke with Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, co-writers/directors of My Little Sister which screened recently at the Sydney Film Festival. Janine Lau: Hello! It’s lovely to meet… Read More