Reviews
Cloud Atlas
The component parts of this matryoshka doll-style amalgam of narratives, genres and performances are fascinating; the whole, less so.
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
This filmed presentation of the popular Canadian company works best as an advertisement for the live production.
Joel Creasey – The Acid Tongue Prince
Perth-born stand-up Creasey is at his sharpest when poking fun at social stereotypes, including gay clichés prevalent within contemporary culture.
Who Cares
Mara Mourão’s socially conscious documentary focuses on a range of activists whose words and deeds are inspiring real and measurable…
No
Gael García Bernal stars as the adman charged with helping bring down a dictatorship in Pablo Larraín’s remarkable new film.
Flickerfest
Celebrating its 22nd year, Australia’s leading short film festival returns to Brisbane with a smorgasbord of Australian and international content.
Struck By Lighting
Glee star Chris Colfer wrote and stars in this pedestrian coming-of-age feature about a precocious, unpopular teen.
How to Survive a Plague
David France’s rousing documentary poignantly and exactingly details the fight against HIV/AIDS and the apathy of governments and the medical…
Promised Land
Gus Van Sant’s latest film is a fictionalised account of the impact of fracking on a small farming community.
Anna Karenina
Director Joe Wright and writer Tom Stoppard transport Tolstoy’s classic romantic tragedy to the majestic confines of a 19th century…