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.
Melbourne International Film Festival Reveals First Films for 2015
Melbourne International Film Festival reveals a first glance at the 2015 programs, featuring impressive Australian premieres, Festival hits and an impressive line-up of American independent films.
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.
You Have To See… Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows (dir. Paul Jay, 1998)
In this week’s You Have To See… we look at HITMAN HART: WRESTLING WITH SHADOWS, a documentary about the legendary wrestler and one of the most notorious incidents in the industry’s history, the Montreal Screwjob
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
Son of the Congo
SON OF THE CONGO is Grantland’s inauspicious first foray into film production, a barely knee-deep look at Congo-born NBA star Serge Ibaka.
Barbecue
BARBECUE through its awkward plotting and play-it-safe approach to the mid-life crisis film never amounts to much more than generic crowd pleaser material.