Two films in double quick time that cover the life and times of notorious mobsters – first I saw Legend, which dealt with the English gangsters the Kray twins and now this about American standover man James “Whitey” Bulger. What they have in common is that their central characters appeared to revel in inflicting pain,…
In keeping with the original (2002) and the sequel (2016), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 is very much in feel-good territory. The extended Portokalos family is in fine voice. Everyone is wanting to have their say on a trip to Greece to attend a reunion for the extended family in their father’s home village….
– Mortal Kombat – Only in cinemas from 15 April 2021 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Universal Pictures Australia. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE When Earth’s greatest champions are called upon to battle the enemies of Outworld, they must discover their true powers to save our planet from…
Diminutive 88-year old filmmaker Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I) returns to the screen with the whimsical road-trip documentary Faces Places; her first feature film in nine years. Here she teams up with 33-year old French visual artist and film director who goes by simply JR. He’s known for his large scale photographic murals, and…
Discomfort underpins Beatriz at Dinner, a fable about power, privilege and responsibility. At an elegant dinner party in a swanky hilltop home, conversation between a soft spoken holistic healer and a hard-nosed businessman and tycoon explodes into a bitter clash of cultures. Beatriz (Salma Hayek), a self-effacing and spiritual immigrant from Mexico, has spent her adult…
You would be hard pressed to find a more accomplished musical theatre performer on the big stage than Caroline O’Connor. In short, she is a league of her own. She sizzles. She is pure dynamite, the best of the best of the best. In almost every scene of Funny Girl, she struts, pouts and jiggles…
Melbourne writer Melissa Reeves has adapted Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play, An Enemy of the People. It has been transposed and adapted to contemporary Australian times: 2018. It is a very faithful set of adjustments and is essentially true to Ibsen’s content and spirit – both his politics and his humour. The original play concerns two…
– Harmony – Only in cinemas from 4 October 2018 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Cowlink Entertainment. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Starring Jessica Falkholt, Jerome Meyer and Eamon Farren, HARMONY is a story of a super-empath, an orphan born with the power to absorb the fear of…
Godland was the centrepiece of the recent Scandinavian Film Festival, and now this slow moving but visually stunning Danish drama gains a cinematic release. The film is set in the frozen inhospitable wilds of Iceland in the 19th century. Lucas (Elliot Crossett Hove) is a young idealistic Lutheran priest who is sent to Iceland to…
“One of the most internationally acclaimed films of the decade,” declares the advertising blurb. Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard that before, right? But in the case of Burning, the hype is real. This is absolutely one of the best films you’ll see this year. Asian cinema sometimes gets marginalised in our Hollywood-obsessed popular culture. But with…
