Reviews
Gangster Squad
Staring Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin, this cartoonish gangster film chronicles the LAPD's fight to keep the East Coast Mafia…
The Best Australian Essays 2012
Editor Ramona Koval has selected a wide-ranging sample of non-fiction writing that is sophisticated, illuminating, and at times surprising.
The Design Trilogy: Urbanized, Objectified and Helvetica
These three documentaries, directed by independent publisher turned filmmaker Gary Hustwit, make up a definitive composite portrait of modern design.
The Hunt
Set in a small, close-knit community, Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film inhabits the realm of newspaper headlines and parents’ worst nightmares.
Hitchcock
Sacha Gervasi’s biopic about master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock is a superficial, feel-good rendering of the great director’s life and work.
ParaNorman
This animated, family-friendly feature pits its young protagonist against ghosts, ghouls and human bullies, with delightful results.
Celia Pacquola – Delayed
Celia Pacquola’s straightforward stand-up show, part of the Warehouse Comedy Festival DVD range, takes the viewer on an unusual trip…
Randy is Sober
Heath McIvor’s felt-faced raconteur and his take on sobriety-bashing is now available on DVD as part of ABC2’s Warehouse Comedy…
And If We All Lived Together?
Jane Fonda plays her first French-speaking role in nearly 40 years in this slight drama about aging directed by Stéphane…
Elena
Winner of the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at Cannes 2011, Andrey Zvyagintsev's latest film explores moral corruption through…