The Monk and the Gun has a real heart. One worth seeing if you’re after some visually delightful, narratively relaxed escapism.
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St. ALi Italian Film Festival 2024: "Confidenza" is an airtight, breathless psychodrama
Confidenza (Trust) sets a very high bar for this season's ST. Ali Italian Film Festival.
FILM REVIEW: "When the Light Breaks": A slow-burning ballet of guilt and grief
Impeccable performances bring every ounce of doubt and anguish to the fore without even opening their mouths.
FILM REVIEW: "The Convert" is a historic odyssey with an important tale to tell
Deeper questions, larger themes and broader messages are at play here.
FILM REVIEW: "The Beast's" convoluted hot-people-parade winds up lost in its own ambition
Indecisive between whether it’s trying to be Nolan or A24, The Beast is attempting to juggle contradictory balls.
FILM REVIEW: "The Sweet East" sows sublime chaos in the Disunited States
It is hard to deny that this film says a lot.
"One for the Road" feels like an idealistic but uninspired refresher on alcoholism
The film takes a swing at depicting the full breadth of a struggle against alcoholism but doesn’t dig deeper than the surface level.
Dev Patel's "Monkey Man" is a massively ambitious, tight-fisted good time
If Hollywood’s upcoming slew of original action IPs are half as passionate as Dev Patel’s debut Monkey Man, the genre’s in for another renaissance.
FILM REVIEW:"GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE" DOES THE MONSTER MASH
Eat your heart out, Jane Goodall!
FILM REVIEW: Shazam! Fury of The Gods
Shazam! Fury of the Gods more or less delivers exactly what it’s expected to.
FILM REVIEW - "Blue Bayou": maybe bring a box of tissues for this one
A beautifully shot, heartbreaking portrait on the realities of deportation.
FILM REVIEW: Dolly Llama UNCUT @ Luna Leederville
Recently at Luna Leederville, local Perth production group Dolly Llama Productions (organised and led by Hassibullah Kushkaki) put on their second screening of 10 independent short films.
A stunning "The Audition" takes centre stage at the 2021 German Film Festival
The Audition is a visceral experience, wrapping it's strings around viewers and twisting tight.
FILM REVIEW: Chris Rock's Saw reboot "Spiral" is dizzyingly bad
I'm not too sure what Chris Rock saw in Saw, but I saw Chris Rock's Saw and it see-saws the line of being the worst Saw I ever saw.
FILM REVIEW: THE GODMOTHER IS NO MISDEMEANOR
The Godmother is a simple yet effective crime caper, carried by Huppert and Nguyen's addictive performances.
"The Bee Gee's: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" goes behind the boogie.
Irrespective of whether you're a stan, or if Bee Gee's disco falsetto is is simply Jive Talking, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is an inspiring and epic display of passion and creativity.
FILM REVIEW: “Green Book” and “On the Basis of Sex” disappoint in different ways
Is there a word exact enough to describe a movie that is so blandly competent and flavourless that to recall it would be as difficult as recalling last Tuesday’s lunch?
FILM REVIEW: "Sorry to Bother You" Requires all 111 Minutes of Your Time
‘Race relations; unions; individual success in a world of inequality; the role of radical art in promoting social change; the blurred line between compelled labour and indentured servitude – this is a highly abridged list of topics the film touches on. I could go on.‘