Tag: drama
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Beginning of the Great Revival
REVIEW: Marking the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, Beginning of the Great Revival has been largely labelled in the West as a piece of party propaganda.
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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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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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First Look: Official ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ trailer
TRAILER: After the red-band trailer was ‘leaked’ on the weekend, some suspecting the work of Sony themselves, we finally get a look at the clean green band trailer for Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, dubbed here as the “feel-bad movie of Christmas”.
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Angèle And Tony
REVIEW: Following in the impressive footsteps of a long line of French female auteurs, first-timer Alix Delaporte tells a story of strangers by the sea in the gentle, gorgeous gem of a film that is Angele And Tony.
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Snowtown
SNOWTOWN may just claim the title of this nation’s most controversial film in years.
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Water for Elephants
REVIEW: Based on the historical novel of the same name by Sara Gruen, the screen adaptation of Water for Elephants doesn’t spare the horses of talent, pulling in stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz for this touching drama.
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First Look: New still from ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1’
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is out later this year, and our good friends at Hoyts distribution have given us a look at the latest still of our heroes Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) gazing longingly at each other for some reason we aren’t privy to.
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How I Ended This Summer
REVIEW: Silver Bear winner How I Ended This Summer has been a favourite on the festival circuit, and is part of a recent wave Russian arthouse films. Director Alexei Popogrebski explores isolation and madness in a most unforgiving landscape.
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Review: The Tempest
William Shakespeare’s 400-year-old play is given a new lease on life as Julie Taymor brings her considerable stage and screen experience to what is largely believed to be the Bard’s last play.
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