Author: Ruth Richards

Psychological docu-thriller What kind of coincidence must it be that forty-two years after the live-to-air suicide

Batmeh “All it takes is one bad day…” Sitting down for the screening of Batman: The Killing Joke, the cinema

Melbanimation Every year its MIFF that seems to capture the public’s attention, but Melbourne boasts a large

Animaster ‘My old friends and I all refer to Isao Takahata, the director, by the nick-name “Paku-san”

Mesmerising I first heard of Amy Winehouse when her song ‘Rehab’ hit the charts, a single from her second album,

Some highlights from SKFF15 A good documentary is less a formal ‘document’ of reality, and more an interrogation

Another winner from Studio Ghibli “You look exactly like the girl in my dream…” When Marnie Was There is

Detergent If a young teenager were to start talking to me about their favourite franchises and said they loved

Iranian Vampire Western In Bad City, the residents have little to hope for Theirs is a desolate town, sparsely