BLIND is the debut film from Eskil Vogt, a very unique, complicated character study that is both charming and alienating.
Li’l Quinquin
Playing with the tropes of the procedural crime series drama, Bruno Dumont’s newest film is an unexpectedly funny venture into comedy that still retains the thematic darkness of the director’s previous work.
Amour Fou
Involving a darkly comic retelling of the infamous double suicide in 1811 of author Heinrich von Kleist, Amour Fou is a formally rigorous period piece crafted with exacting precision by Austrian director Jessica Hausner, perfectly evoking the claustrophobia and austerity of the aristocratic circle Kleist ultimately forced his exit from.
The Immigrant
James Gray’s THE IMMIGRANT is perfectly measured, refined storytelling anchored by two terrific performances that at least one of our writers considers the best film of the year to date.
Time Is Illmatic
Time Is Illmatic moves beyond Nas, dissecting the environment where this music emerged; through bleak moments throughout the projects, the constant threat of violence that punctuated the lives within, the intricate and complex culture that concurrently ran alongside this, and the implications the success of Illmatic created.
Cut Snake
Tony Ayres’ CUT SNAKE is a powerful, well made crime film anchored by a terrific, commanding performance from Sullivan Stapleton.
Life After Beth
Despite a killer cast and interesting concept, all the components of Life After Beth fail to meld effectively, resulting in an overall passable effort that’s only been gaining traction due to the names attached.
La última película
Far from being purely an exercise in nostalgia or a fashionable technological anachronism, it displays a mastery of a format with its own aesthetic possibilities that simply can not be replaced.
Stray Dogs
Tsai Ming Liang’s Stray Dogs is a perfectly realised, distilled-to-its-purest-essence poetic work of tremendous emotional power
A Girl at My Door
A GIRL AT MY DOOR is a fascinating Korean film dissecting class, race and sexuality in the guise of a familiar police drama premise; one of the most interesting films to play at Melbourne International Film Festival.