ideological technicalities: ‘the big four’ vs. the artist
One may accuse the noughties of many things, or perhaps of nothing at all. Being still too similar to the current decade, a lack of distance renders our target as highly ambiguous. Despite this, there are particular omnipotent forces whose influence was just so great that we are able, at this juncture, to comment upon [...]
film review: hugo
Set in 1930s France, Hugo is the story of an orphan boy living in a Parisian train station. Having learned the trade of a clockmaker from his father, Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) spends his days winding the station’s clocks, stealing food from stalls and evading the station inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen). On the side he [...]
bechdel taser: taking the oscar bait
The first time I remember taking the bait was 2001. But I suppose what I really did was eat a bunch of bread, then find out later that fish will also eat that. Moulin Rouge was everything a barely ten-year-old with big dreams and a big stereo could ask for: bright colours, pop music, video [...]
15 minutes of femme: sally hawkins
I like to think that I’m a fairly happy and easy going person, but from time to time (before, during and after menstruation) I do get a bit moody… I’ve been known to cry at silly things and my dad knows to avoid me completely in these times. I also admit to having serious road [...]
film review: the descendants
This year’s winner of the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture- Drama, The Descendants is the story of Matt King (George Clooney), a lawyer whose extended family inherited large amounts of land on Hawaii from their ancestors. His wife, Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie) has just been in a boating accident that has left her in coma. As King [...]
film: snowtown – it tells more than just a story
Australian cinema in 2011 was dominated by Snowtown; the controversial cinematic depiction of the ‘Bodies in the Barrel’ case that is known as Australia’s worst and most infamous serial killings. Having only recently viewed the film, all I can say is that it’s the most disturbing film I have ever seen… and I’ve seen some [...]
film: moonlight cinema
Moonlight Cinema is back! Held every Summer from December through to March in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, a film under the stars is guaranteed to be an enjoyable experience for the whole family. This season kicked off with a preview of the critically acclaimed film The Descendants, starring, co-written and directed by George [...]
bechdel taser: brett ratner walks into a bar. a steel one. i wish.
Publicly, I state my religion as Stephen Fry. Privately, however, 2011 tipped him into my ‘over-exposed’ bin. I really don’t understand how Christians do it. Their saviour is everywhere, all the time – and I don’t just mean in the spiritual omniscience regard. Even when I can’t buy marked down Cadbury Yule Logs next to [...]
film review: sherlock holmes: a game of shadows
Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law team up again in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, with Downey Jr. appearing as the eccentric titular character and Law as his faithful sidekick Dr. Watson. This instalment is set in the late 19th century, as tensions between France and Germany are rising and it seems that one [...]
celluloid relapse: all about my mother
Despite any protest asserting the contrary, human beings are remarkably similar. Culture, appearance and whatnot may be paraded around as a supreme marker of difference, but the volume at which we object seems due to a very odd misunderstanding. Primary school tried to tell us we were all different, but fundamentally we were and are [...]
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