The Best Films of 2017
A shitty year with some excellent movies.
‘Logan Lucky’ Is A Slick Heist Film, But Does It Have Anything More To Say?
Steven Soderbergh is back, baby!
Paterson (2016)
Paterson is a tone poem, capturing the sedate rhythms of everyday life.
‘Silence’ Review: Martin Scorsese Is Messing With Us, But Is It Worth The Pain?
Silence subtly subverts the insidious narrative of meaningful misery that’s so ubiquitous in Western (and Christian) culture.
Top 10 picks of 2016 Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival
For SBS Movies, I run down the top ten films to see at the 2016 Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival.
The Best Films of 2015
As befitting the blood pact all movie bloggers must sign upon founding their website, what follows is a list of my favourite films of 2015. It’s been a strong year at the cinema, even if I felt it was a slight step down from last year (specifically, I didn’t see a single new film I…
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens: Resistance Writ Large and Small
“I know what I have to do, but I don’t know if I have the strength.” That quote is spoken by Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) in The Force Awakens, the long-awaited seventh instalment in the Star Wars franchise, but those words could easily have been put into the mouth of almost every prominent character in the…
