Category: Film Reviews
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Sydney Film Festival 2011: Day 4
The fourth full day of the 2011 Sydney Film Festival saw repeat screenings and new features, ranging from A Letter To Elia to 13 Assassins, and an eclectic selection of other comedic and dramatic offerings.
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Sydney Film Festival 2011: Day 3
Lines were around the block as the long weekend kicked off on this 58th Sydney Film Festival. There were 29 screenings taking place as part of the festival on the first Saturday.
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Sydney Film Festival 2011: Day 2
It’s Day 2, and the second full day of programming saw 15 new films hit Sydney screens as part of the 58th Sydney Film Festival. From Cirkus Columbia to Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, we explore the diverse offerings of one of Australia’s top festivals as it hits full-flight.
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Sydney Film Festival 2011: Day 1
With the Opening Night a roaring success, today marked the first full day of screenings at the 58th Sydney Film Festival. In addition to the Australian debut of Official Competition entrant Attenberg, there were 15 new films on offer today!
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Review: Oranges and Sunshine
The debut feature from director Jim Loach, Oranges and Sunshine examines a forgotten chapter of UK/Australian relations and uncovers the human side of the Home Children policy.
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Sydney Film Festival 2011: Opening Night – Hanna
The weather is turning cold in Sydney, and despite some unseasonable sunshine in the last few days, it must be time for the 58th Sydney Film Festival. Kicking off the festival tonight was Hanna, the new film from Joe Wright starring Fetsival patron Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana and Saoirse Ronan.
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Review: Super 8
In his third feature, television wunderkind turned film visionary turns in an a love letter to Steven Spielberg as well as an action / adventure effort that recalls the films of the 1980s in the magical mysterious and mesmerising Super 8
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The Tunnel
Released simultaneously in theatres, television, DVD and via bittorrent, and financed by crowdsourced funding, Australian horror feature The Tunnel is an innovative and ambitious documentary-style effort in the so-called “found footage” genre.
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Here I Am
REVIEW: In a film filled with warmth, humour and engaging photography, Beck Cole’s Festival favourite Here I Am provides a powerful portrait of the kind of strong women that have been noticeably absent from Australian screens of late.
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X-Men: First Class
REVIEW: In the fifth installment of Stan Lee’s iconic superhero series, X-Men: First Class explores the origins of the intriguing relationship between the two men at the centre of the mutants versus humans battle – Professor Charles Xavier and Eric Lehnsherr, aka Magneto.
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