Ignorance and virtue in Birdman
Michael Keaton Birdman arrives on Australian screens in the middle of a popular rush of support in the run up to the Oscars.
Mockingjay – Unexpected messages
Film | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 That’s an ugly set of punctuation marks. Some years ago film reviewers liked to poke fun at movie titles so overlong they needed their own clauses.
Not an act
MOVIE l The Act of Killing l MA 15+ Chip Henriss There’s so much to say about The Act of Killing and its availability, now on DVD, is a great opportunity to bring up a discussion that is seldom had in the west or w
Time travel on a shoe-string budget
Time travel and romance do not seem to go together naturally. H.G.
Boyhood’s memory
Ellar Coltrane and Ethan Hawke in Boyhood MOVIE l Boyhood l M It seems again that it is time to learn, In this untiring, crumbling place of growth To which, for the time being, I return.
Restoring humanity in death
Eddie Marsan in Still Life MOVIE l Still Life l M Review by Penny Mulvey Still Life is a deeply moving, gentle movie that focuses on the very special job of Kennington Borough Council client services officer John May
Satan Getting Behind the Times
Eric Bana in Deliver Us From Evil MOVIE l Deliver Us From Evil l MA 15+ The latest demonic thriller from Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) loudly proclaims itself to be based on true events.
The Gospel According to John Michael McDonagh
Brendan Gleeson in CALVARY Movie l Calvary l MA 15+ Calvary is a film that takes a long, hard look at the clerical sex abuse scandals that have increasingly dominated Irish newspaper headlines since the mid-90’s.
Human, Not Too Human – Son of God
Diego Morgado as Jesus MOVIE l Son of God l M Son of God, adapted from the miniseries The Bible produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, is an odd project.
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