celluloid relapse: la gloire of pagnol’s fanny trilogy (or lack thereof)
Winter brings with it many opportunities for sequestering oneself in basements, drinking red wine and absorbing vast quantities of French cinema. Chance such as this also presents itself in tandem with the prospect of justifying introverted and potentially anti-social behavior. Indeed, who needs friends with the likes of Louis Malle, François Truffaut and Juliette Binoche [...]
giveaway: human rights arts and film festival
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is heading to Canberra from the 28 – 30th May and as a sponsor, lip has three double passes to giveaway to each screening at the National Film & Sound Archive! Simply email courtney@lipmag.com with the name of the film you would like to see and why! Only winners will be [...]
dvd review: the skin i live in
The Skin I Live In is a provocative film. While some people will find elements of it titillating, others will no doubt find it extreme and even grotesque. It is a difficult film, a suspense-filled drama that is initially shrouded in many layers of ambiguity. The dramatic build-up does reach a serious climax, as all [...]
dvd giveaway: teen wolf series 1
To coincide with the ‘Supermoon’ on the weekend, lip has some fantastic Teen Wolf Prize Packs to giveaway! The pack includes TEEN WOLF SEASON ONE ON DVD, A WOLF HOOD & TEMPORARY TATTOO! Simply email Courtney@lipmag.com with the name of your favourite movie that features a werewolf! Only winners will be notified. Teen Wolf follows the [...]
bechdel taser: at least we aren’t the victims (conciliatory notes from the avengers)
The Avengers was released on my 21st Birthday. Joss Whedon’s impact on my childhood and adolescence has been recorded everywhere, from the essays I submit to real-life university subjects, to the airwaves as I stumble for words at 6am, to this very column. It felt like no mere coinkydink that Wednesday of all days was [...]
film review: romantics anonymous
There are many things in life that scare us, and for some people that list extends to just about everything. Romantics Anonymous tells the story of Angélique (Isabelle Carré) and Jean-René (Benoît Poelvoorde), two such people who are terrified of daily life, and especially the prospect of falling in love. Angelique is a member of ‘Émotifs Anonymes’ [...]
celluloid relapse: eyebrows and unlikely heroines in gone with the wind (1939)
Ours is a strange world indeed when Shane Warne, Taylor Momsen and Robert Falcon Scott can all have something in common. All are, in one way or another, role models. These figures are however nothing more than a degustation menu of expected inspiring figures. Selected from just three zones of achievement valuable to society – [...]
giveaway: the five year engagement!
Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple keep getting ‘tripped up’ on the long walk down the aisle! Thanks to Universal Pictures, lipmag has some double [...]
film review: the lady
Earlier this year cinemagoers were treated to a look at life in Maggie’s farm in The Iron Lady. Now it is time for an intimate portrait of The Steel Orchid. The Lady tells the story of the Burmese-English political activist, human rights advocate and political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi. Known to her supporters as Daw or The Lady, [...]
film review: titanic in 3d
I didn’t know if I was going to like Titanic. I loved it when it came out; I saw it twice in the cinemas, and my parents wisely pre-ordered it on VHS from Target. When I tell people how many times I’ve seen it, I keep to the lower end of my estimate range (around [...]
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