Peter Bogdanovich’s return to feature filmmaking in SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY is ultimately disappointing, but not without its pleasures
Grandma
GRANDMA is a touching road-trip film memorable primarily for Lily Tomlin’s tremendous performance.
Pasolini
Abel Ferrara’s PASOLINI is a touching, thoughtful look at the iconoclastic Italian director, one of the best films of the Sydney Film Festival.
Far From The Madding Crowd
Thomas Vinterberg’s FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD features handsome cinematography and a captivating Carey Mulligan performance, but its rushed attempt at adaptation undermines its intended effect.
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Peter Greenaway’s EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO is an entertainingly inventive and crass account of the legendary Russian director’s excursion in Mexico
San Andreas
SAN ANDREAS is an often stunning display of disaster cinema but hinges too much on its weak characterisations and human drama to work fully as a film.
Spy
SPY is a an entertaining Melissa McCarthy vehicle that succeeds in spite of its adherence to genre tropes.
The Salvation
Out on Blu-ray this month is Kristian Levring’s THE SALVATION, a Western that succeeds as a Mads Mikkelsen vehicle and satisfying exercise in the genre.
Camp X-Ray
CAMP X RAY detailing a friendship between a guard and detainee at Guantanamo Bay is lifted from its clunky script by an exceptional Kristen Stewart performance.
Finding Gaston
FINDING GASTON is a compelling, if occasionally broad, portrait of one of the world’s finest living chefs, Peruvian cuisine ambassador Gastón Acurio