When The Danger Ensemble is involved with a presentation of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, you know it is not going to be Macbeth as you know it. And given its feature of a sexy Mrs M, Weekend at Bernie’s type moment and even a Farnham number in support of its focus on ambition and ‘be your…
Two actors presumably in their 60s, dressed in dark attire, sitting on fixed chairs about five metres apart, one questioning the other and then the roles are reversed … for 100 minutes without interval. No set. The audience on tiered seating on either side. Hardly what you may imagine could lead to riveting and dramatic…
– Silence – Only in cinemas from 16 February 2017 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE SILENCE is the story of two young 17th century priests who go in search of their missing mentor in the mysterious and exotic land of Japan,…
Take the concept of being held against one’s will in a confined space for an extended period and add a seriously deranged personality and you have the makings of a horror thriller. But what if that deranged personality was, in fact, many people and you never knew who you were going to confront? That is…
As a director Ben Affleck so far has a perfect strike rate with his three previous efforts behind the camera. First up was the tough Boston noir Gone Baby Gone, which was adapted from the novel written by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), and starred younger brother Casey. Next up was The Town, a tough crime…
A gritty, art house, coming of age tale about a young boy who is bullied and brought up by a single druggie mother, Moonlight plays out as a slice-of-life reality piece. It chronicles a black youngster from primary school age until his early 30s, as he struggles to find his place in the world while…
Steven Spielberg knows how to bring the magical world of Roald Dahl to life on a screen in a masterly way. Occasionally I need to watch a not too complicated or weighty film. Such a film that takes you to an enchanting, carefree world and to forget about everyday worries for a while. This time…
As the first in a new series of Star Wars standalone films, and featuring different characters, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is again about good versus evil, power and control. It is a time of conflict and a group of unlikely heroes band together to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s…
One of several recent movies that play on nostalgia, Allied is a kind of Casablanca-lite for the undemanding viewer. Of course, director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump) is an old hand at this type of film, but no amount of direction could have saved this film from its clunky – and at times incomprehensible – script….
A slow-moving, gentle, poetic story about a loved up couple in New Jersey, Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson is strangely affecting. Paterson (Adam Driver) is a bus driver in the city of Paterson, New Jersey – yes, he and the town share the same name. Every day, Paterson adheres to a simple routine: he wakes up between…
