Incoming: Broken Horses
Set in the shadows of the US-Mexico border gang wars, Broken Horses is an epic thriller about the bonds of brotherhood, the laws of loyalty and the futility of violence. Broken Horses is out in cinemas on Friday.
Film Review: Jauja
Myths and legends of mythical lands and places have been predominant throughout the world since the dawn Humankind. The most famous examples are probably El Dorado, Shambhala and Shangri-La (we’re all agreed that Atlantic existed, right?). The former capital of Spanish Peru, Jauja, obtained a mythical status due to its riches; entering into Spanish folklore …
Incoming: Cobain: Montage Of Heck
From acclaimed director Brett Morgen, this first ever, fully authorised documentary feature blends Cobain’s personal archive of art, written word, music (both his most famous and some that’s never been heard), and never-before-seen home movies, with animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest confidantes. Following Kurt from his earliest years in Aberdeen, WA, …
Film Review: Altman
Robert Altman was one of the most important, challenging and visionary American directors off the last 40 years. Despite myriad setbacks and periods in the wilderness, he made some of the most influential films in modern American cinema. Despite never winning an Oscar for any of his movies, he was recognised by the Academy with …
Incoming: The Water Diviner
Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, “The Water Diviner,” is an epic and inspiring tale of one man’s life-changing journey of discovery. Crowe plays Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his three missing sons, last known to have fought against the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli. Arriving in Istanbul, he …
Film Review: The Dark Horse
The New Zealand film industry is hardly a powerhouse in world cinema. Every so often it throws up a gem, but the early work of Peter Jackson aside, it tends to be a rare event. Whale Rider is probably the country’s most well known success, but it’s the powerful Once Were Warriors which is probably …
Blu-Ray Review: Sweet Smell Of Success
Celebrating and championing “The American Dream” was big business in post-war Hollywood. Whether it was tales of rags to riches success or just the ability for any man (and it was all men) to make their fortune through hard work and application, audiences couldn’t get enough of these heart-warming, patriotic tales. There were notable detractors …
Incoming: While We’re Young
Noah Baumbach’s exploration of ageing, ambition and success, stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as a middle-aged couple whose career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives. Also starring Amanda Seyfried, Adam Driver, Charles Grodin, Maria Dizzia, Adam Horovitz and Ryan Serhant. While We’re Young is out in cinemas on …
Film Review: Blind
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loves to reward actors for playing a character with a physical or mental disability. However, they tend to only award Oscars to those who are either drowning or thriving in their adversity. In Eskil Vogt’s film Blind, Ellen Dorrit Petersen plays a woman who is still coming …
Film Review: Wild Tales
Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film tend to be of a very high standard. Two of the best films from last year, Leviathan and Ida, were both in the mix, but the winner turned out to be a Mauritanian film called Timbuktu. Also in contention were Tangerines and the Argentine entrant, Wild Tales. Damián …