In Up The Mountain, a blurring of documentary and fiction, director Zhang Yang portrays the spiritual and rejuvenating qualities of a simple pastoral lifestyle surrounded by fulfilling relationships with people… Read More
Up the Mountain
Tag: Reviews
High Life
The experiences of humankind, the central feature of storytelling via cinema, is obscurely re-visited in Claire Denis’ High Life (2018). The film is a piece of speculative -science-fiction -horror, which… Read More
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Alice Guy-Blaché was shamefully forced and written out of cinema history. Pamela B Green’s Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché aims to reclaim Guy-Blaché’s story for women, filmmakers… Read More
Halston
The heavily saturated and enchanting appeal and demise of fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick is revealed in Frédéric Tcheng’s Halston (2019). The iconic designer and entrepreneur began his career as… Read More
Children of the Sea
It’s difficult to review Children of the Sea, because it is hard to explain what actually happened in the movie. It’s dense with imagery and symbolism throughout, but upon first… Read More
Swoon
Swoon (Swedish title Eld & Lågor, which translates to ‘Fire and flames’) is a fantastically colourful and light-hearted wartime romance. Set in the continuing inter-family rivalry between two Stockholm amusement… Read More
Nina Wu
Midi Z’s latest film, Nina Wu, is a Taiwanese psychological drama about an actress who gets her big break at a great cost. Ke-Xi Wu’s performance as Nina was very… Read More
FEATURED The Final Quarter
The Final Quarter, a new Australian documentary, covers the major incidents in the last three years of Adam Goodes’ career, including the incident with the 13-year-old fan who fired racial… Read More
Her Smell
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
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