Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Whether it be the bizarre sci-fi thriller that is Pi, the polarising discussion on love and reincarnation that is The Fountain, or the creepy character study on mental instability that is Black Swan, director Darren Aronofsky straddles
Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Reviewed as part of the 2014 Audi Festival of German Films. Click HERE for the festival schedule and to purchase tickets. Caroline Link’s film Nowhere in Africa, which told the story of a German family adjusting to life
When The Raid: Redemption first burst onto screens in 2011, no one was prepared for the glorious symphony of violence that they were about to witness. Countless shattered bones and brutalised bodies later, it was clear that the action genre had
Written by Zac Platt. “All I wanted to do was to make something beautiful.” Upon hearing those somber words had been uttered by Jiro Horikoshi, Hayao Miyazaki (the highly acclaimed Japanese animator behind Ponyo and Spirited Away) knew he had
Written by Guillermo Troncoso. Wadjda, the first film shot completely within Saudi Arabia and the first film to be shot there by a woman, is a simple tale told simply and at times obviously, but there’s no denying the importance
Written by Zac Platt. With only one cast member and almost no dialogue, All Is Lost is nothing if not ambitious in its stripped-down approach to story-telling. The tight focus of writer/director J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) employs a welcome authenticity
Written by Lola Sterrett. What kind of person travels 1,700 miles across the Australian Outback? Tracks, directed by John Curran (The Painted Veil), depicts Robyn Davidson’s infamous 1977 trek from Alice Springs to just south of Carnarvon, with only her dog Diggity
Bill Marks, a U.S. air marshal with a mysterious past, begins to receive alarming text messages aboard his flight. The texts, from a mysterious person supposedly on the flight, asks for $150 million – or one person dies every 20
Written by Guillermo Troncsoso. 300: Rise of an Empire is indeed a rare beast, a violent epic that favours visuals and action over plot and dialogue, and ends up, somehow, becoming a ludicrously fun ride. 300: Rise of an Empire
The story of Pompeii is one we’ve heard time and time again. Sadly, director Paul W. S. Anderson’s revisitation of this piece of history doesn’t offer anything new. His film combines elements of historical fiction, action and a love story.
