Filmmaker and actor Sarah Polley is used to being filmed, but her family are not. Polley’s latest film as director is a documentary about her
Category: Film review
Film review – Oh Boy (2012)
Is the quest for a cup of coffee the perfect encapsulation of the growing meaninglessness or superficiality of modern life? Without reductively branding this pursuit
Film review – Blue Jasmine (2013)
For almost 50 years Woody Allen has been making films that explore the existential despair that there is no greater meaning to life beyond immediate
Film review – Stoker (2013)
The gothic fiction genre, where horror and romance come together to define and sometimes undermine the moral sensibilities of the era, originated in England and
Film review – The Rocket (2013)
The Laotian environment as portrayed in writer/director Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket is both one of immense natural beauty and one of environmental degradation, danger and
Film review – Frances Ha (2012)
Contemporary cinema that is genuinely joyous and uplifting is surprisingly rare. Films that tug at the heartstrings or can be described as bitter/sweet are reasonably
