reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Napoleon (2023) Derek Armstrong / 10:19 / 24.11.23 Ridley Scott's biopic of the diminutive French emperor looks the part, but leaves us saying "So what?"
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Joker (2019) John Roebuck / 16:48 / 01.10.19 One of the most painful things for the character of the Joker has always surely been that, at the end of the day, he simply isn't funny.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (2018) Derek Armstrong / 9:29 / 28.09.18 Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot is not a cruel joke about the challenges of a quadriplegic. Okay, it is – but it’s made by the quadriplegic himself.
reviews All Reviews MIFF REVIEW | You Were Never Really Here (2018) John Roebuck / 17:02 / 15.08.18 You Were Never Really Here is not a deconstruction of masculine violence in cinema, as some have suggested, it is another example of it.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Mary Magdalene (2018) Derek Armstrong / 12:00 / 28.03.18 Mary Magdalene does stake a claim to something we haven’t seen before, at least in the most prominent cinematic depictions of the Christ story.
reviews All Reviews Review: Irrational Man (2015) Derek Armstrong / 11:40 / 08.09.15 Rational review Whatever else he’s been, Woody Allen has been a “serial monogamist” throughout his career, to
videos Trailers Trailers: Irrational Man John Roebuck / 11:49 / 30.04.15 Woody toe shoes What motivates Woody Allen nowadays It surely can't be the desire to push himself creatively,
reviews All Reviews Review: Inherent Vice (2014) John Roebuck / 10:39 / 03.03.15 Vice squad "So, you're here about" "Good question" Inherent Vice is what happens when a meticulous filmmaker
videos Trailers Trailers: Inherent Vice John Roebuck / 10:55 / 10.12.14 A trailer in lieu of a release How good is it that films come out in Australia way after they come out everywhere