Reviews
Side Effects
Rooney Mara, Jude Law and Channing Tatum star in this chilling thriller, Steven Soderbergh’s latest (and allegedly last ever) film.
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.