A fanciful, feel good very French-American romantic comedy, 5 to 7 is part Neil Simon and part Woody Allen. The film concerns a gracious, charming and respectful young man, an aspiring writer, who has a chance encounter on the streets of Manhattan with a glamorous French woman. Brian (Anton Yelchin) is 24 and Arielle (Skyfall…
There is nothing comedian Geraldine Hickey likes more to clear her mind than a bit of a wander – a walk or a run – or so she tells us. Against a backdrop of six bush panels, that reminded me of Frederick McCubbin paintings, she opens up about some of her experiences. She starts by…
Like the recent Judy (about the tragic Judy Garland), The United States vs Billie Holiday is a biopic featuring a talented but self-destructive singer who shone briefly and died too early. This film follows many of the familiar tropes of this rich sub-genre. The product of a turbulent childhood Billie Holiday was a jazz singer…
Carla Simón’s autobiographical feature debut, Summer 1993, is an evocative depiction of family lost and found. In (predictably) the summer of 1993, following the death of her parents, six-year old Frida (Laia Artigas) leaves bustling Barcelona for the Catalan provinces to live with her aunt (Bruna Cusí) and uncle (David Verdaguer). Country life is a…
– Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life – Only in cinemas from 29 October 2016 We have 3 family (4 tickets) in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE From the creators of worldwide hits SAMMY 1 & 2 and THE HOUSE OF MAGIC comes the tale of Robinson Crusoe….
Next to Normal begins with a familiar modern family scene; suburban mother Diana Goodman (Carly Skelton) waits up late for her son Gabe (Christopher Batkin) and attempts to comfort her academically-anxious daughter, Natalie (Hannah Kassulke). Soon husband Dan (Adam Bartlett) rises to help prepare the family for “Just Another Day”. Yet their lives are anything…
– ST. ALi Italian Film Festival – In Palace Cinemas nationally from 19 September – 25 October 2023 We have 5 double passes to a session at the Festival (excluding special events) Note: tickets are digital *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE The 2023 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival showcases an incredible…
– Saxo Scandinavian Spanish Film Festival – In Palace Cinemas nationally until 9 August 2023 We have 5 double passes to a session at the Festival (excluding special events) Note: tickets are digital *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Now a much-anticipated fixture on the Festival calendar, the Scandinavian Film Festival showcases…
Paranormal Activity, created on a shoestring budget of $15,000, made a massive splash when it first landed in the late noughties. For writer-director Oren Peli, home was where the horror was … literally. As in, his suburban San Diego home, which is where the film was shot in a seven-day sprint in 2006 with a…
Mexican writer-director Michel Franco’s slow-moving existential drama Sundown stars Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Roth plays Neil Bennett, who is spending a relaxing holiday in an exclusive resort in Acapulco with his sister Alice (Gainsbourg) and her two teenage children Colin (Samuel Bottomley) and Alexa (Albertine Kotting McMillan). Neil is the scion of a family…
