We live in a time when even job unions, created to protect the workers, are unable to help when the companies use their employees as a weapon against each other. The Dardenne brothers (Jean-Pierre and Luc) stay true to their strengths…
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‘The Water Diviner’ Interviews with Russell Crowe and Jai Courtney
In downtown Sydney in the heritage-listed State Theatre on an extremely warm evening (especially in a suit), the world premiere of The Water Diviner took place with first time director and star Russell Crowe alongside many of his fellow cast…
Top Forgotten Film Homages: Part 1
The reinvention of a famous film sequence, or a film homage, is a extremely delicate art form, so nuanced that the allusion may become altogether lost by a modern audience. Although film homages may be completely unrecognizable at first, a…
The Film Canon: Rome, Open City (1945)
Short, stocky, and stoic, Father Pietro Pellegrini smiles rarely and laughs even less. His face fixed into an almost permanent glower, he busies himself taking care of his flock. He accepts indignity with an impassive grace, ignoring the laughs of…
Women in Film Wednesday: Spirited Away (2001)
It’s kind of recognizably sad that one of the best creators of fully faceted, strong-willed female characters is a man. But, considering how dominated by male influence the film industry is, it’s not all that surprising. As cinematic admirers we…
History According to Hollywood: The Civil War – Part 1
“But as Pontius Pilate said, what is the truth?” – D.W Griffith In a bout of historical irony, the first Union troops to enter Richmond at end of the Civil War were African-American. The Confederacy Capital, bombarded and shelled, stood…
Chicago International Film Festival Winners and Must Sees!
Film festivals are a dime a dozen. Anyone can have a film festival, as you have seen with the most recent Internet Cat Video Festival. Many of them fizzle out, but only the truly amazing ones pass the test of…