Locarno International Film Festival announces its full line-up, including a 55 film retrospective on an Italian film studio and an incredible Competition slate, cementing itself as one of the most vital Film Festivals in the world.
Easy Money (Snabba Cash)
The first film in Daniel Espinosa’s crime trilogy is fast-paced, captivating, and despite an increasingly complicated and convoluted plot, it never loses its audience.
Venus in Fur
Roman Polanski’s latest outing finds the Polish auteur grappling with David Ives’ play-within-a-play, losing itself in the myriad power relations of film and theatre, and having a very good time doing so.
Air Sex and The Real ‘Argo’: Possible Worlds Film Festival Announces 2014 Line-Up
This years Possible Worlds Film Festival showcases vibrant independent cinema from America and Canada, including a doco on ‘air sex’, Mike Cahill’s latest feature and Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm.
Gabrielle – An Interview with Actor Alexandre Landry
Gabrielle is an upcoming Canadian drama about a young woman with Williams syndrome in the throes of her first romantic relationship. You can read our review here. We sat down with Alexandre Landry, who plays the love interest in question, when he was in town for the Sydney Film Festival.
Keep On Keepin’ On
Not just for passionate jazz fans, Alan Hicks’ documentary is a fundamentally human story about relationships.
Two Days, One Night
A small film that revels in its smallness, the Dardennes once again have crafted a moving tale of working class life filled with tension and naturalism.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
In this second instalment of DreamWorks viking-dragon adventure, director Dean DeBlois manages to raise the stakes without losing what made the first outing so surprisingly good – a mature and well-structured script supported by exemplary technical contributions.
Cold in July
Jim Mickle’s neo-noir thriller sets out with a great deal of promise, and ultimately delivers very little beyond a well-realised milieu in a highly unsatisfying and unwieldy film
The Great Museum
Coming to grips with such an enormous and sprawling institution is a challenge to both the filmmaker and the audience, and Holzhausen does well in documenting the comings and goings of the Museum