Jafar Panahi is an influential, much-loved and acclaimed Iranian filmmaker. As a result of his humanist and socially critical films, he is facing a six-year
Category: Film review
Film review – We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011)
There’s little actual blood in We Need to Talk about Kevin, but director Lynne Ramsay’s pervasive use of the colour red makes sure that the
Film review – Moneyball (2011)
The extent to which a film about sporting statistics can be enthralling is best demonstrated during a series of high stake negotiations over the phone
Film review – Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)
Singer/songwriter Rowland S. Howard hailed from the early Melbourne punk scene where at the age of 16 he wrote ‘Shivers’; a frequently misinterpreted cynical masterpiece
Film review – Our Idiot Brother (2011)
Over the years Paul Rudd has distinguished himself from peers such as Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill by frequently playing parts that are closer to
Film review – Anonymous (2011)
Director Roland Emmerich makes the type of cinema that is often dismissed as guilty pleasures. His films are usually spectacle driven and often reliant on
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