My favourite films and TV right now are Sherlock, anything Tim Burton or Studio Ghibli, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Mr. Holmes. If I’m not watching any… Read More
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Review: Ama-San / Sydney Film Festival / Bill
Ama-San is a documentary by Claudio Varejão, but it’s unusual in that it doesn’t actually give you any information beyond what you see. Varejão doesn’t appear in the film at… Read More
Review: King Of The Belgians / Sydney Film Festival / Bill
King Of The Belgians is a gentle mockumentary from filmmaking duo Jessica Hope Woodworth and Peter Brosens, which follows the story of fictionalised Belgian king, Nicholas III, and his entourage on… Read More
Review: Wiener-Dog / American Essentials Film Festival / Bill
Wiener-Dog is the polar opposite of what you’d expect from a seemingly harmless movie about an unintelligent, but very cute Dachshund. Todd Solondz’s film explores the lives of four different people… Read More
Review: Becoming Bond / American Essentials Film Festival / Bill
Filmmaker Josh Greenbaum’s Becoming Bond tells the story of George Lazenby, the forgotten 007. The film is based on a single interview with the 76-year-old Lazenby, as he looks back… Read More
Review: Len and Company / American Essentials Film Festival / Bill
by Bill Blake Len (played by Rhys Ifans) is an ageing rock legend taking time off from being a decent human being in his personal fortress of solitude – a… Read More
Review: A Bag of Marbles / Alliance Française French Film Festival / Bill
Reviewed by Bill Blake Like The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, A Bag Of Marbles is about a child’s experience of the terrible events of… Read More
Review: Lost in Paris / Alliance Francaise French Film Festival / Bill
Review by Bill Blake Lost in Paris is a charming comedy which takes the viewer from freezing small town Canada to bohemian Paris, after spinster librarian Fiona (played by Fiona… Read More
Review: Jasper Jones / Bill
By Bill Blake (12) Craig Silvey’s much-loved novel Jasper Jones translated brilliantly to the stage in a Kate Mulvany-scripted version for Belvoir. In Rachel Perkins’ screen adaptation it fails to… Read More
Little Men / Bill
By Bill Blake Set in Brooklyn, NYC, Ira Sachs’ drama revolves around two boys – best friends – caught up in their parents’ real estate issues. After his grandfather dies,… Read More