Christopher Pryor’s portrait of an amateur rugby team in New Zealand is a powerful and inventive piece of cinema verité with a focus on masculinity within community structures.
Perez
PEREZ represents a new a shift in direction for the classic Mafia film in its take on the legal system and individuals who try to control Italian organised crime.
Bunny The Killer Thing
BUNNY THE KILLER THING is a crass and offensive failure that shows little stylistic flair or interest in being anything beyond a cheap embodiment of slasher tropes.
Alvin’s Harmonious World of Opposites
An impressive low-budget, arthouse debut from Platon Theodoris bolstered by its unashamedly offbeat narrative and tight pacing.
Kill Me Three Times
Kriv Stenders tries his hand at a Martin McDonagh-esque violent black comedy but misses the mark by quite a wide margin.
Those Who Feel the Fire Burning
Morgan Knibbe’s bold statement about a vital international crisis also functions as an exploration of millennial humanitarian politics and the ever-blurring line between documentary and fiction.
My Love, Don’t Cross That River – An Interview with Director Jin Mo-young
Ahead of the screening of MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER at Melbourne International Film Festival we spoke to director Jin Mo-young about love and his approach to documentary cinema.
Silent Heart
Bille August’s latest effort is a fantastic family ensemble piece that expertly recalls and echoes seminal Dogme 95 film Festen, a well deserving recipient of the 2014 Bodil Award for Best Danish Film.
The Grump
Dome Karukoski’s adaptation of Tuomas Kyrö’s popular and comical novel fails to hit the mark, fumbling its way into becoming a mediocre family comedy with more cringes than laughs rather than a rich social satire.
Best of Enemies
Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon’s documentary gives shape to the American political climate of the late Sixties with balance and panache, elevated by its focus on uncharacteristically thrilling television footage of two great public intellectuals.