To exposit, or not to exposit? That is the question, answered in this essay by Alexander Martin about balancing exposition and subtlety, and the exceptions that prove the rule of less exposition often being more: character moments. … More Character Moments: Balancing Subtlety and Exposition
From Ziqian Sheng comes a review of how Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer answers the questions it poses, including the essential ethical dilemma of trying to save the world by building a weapon of mass destruction that could also destroy it. … More Oppenheimer: A Simple Approach To Complex Issues
Ahead of the release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, from Lucy Beltrami comes a little reflection on her first film as solo director, 2017’s Lady Bird, and its uniquely resonant take on girlhood. … More On Lady Bird & Being A Girl
Following a semi-mystery screening at the Fantastic Film Festival (currently running until April 30th), from Lucy Beltrami comes a review of The People’s Joker, an American, coming-of-age parody and satire featuring DC characters like the Joker, baby, as directed by Vera Drew, plus, reflections on the film’s entanglement in legal uncertainty, parallels to Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), and the significance of trans representation on screen. … More Feeling Like Myself: The People’s Joker & Representation
Following his review of The Whale (2022), from Jordan Low comes a review of American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky’s directed feature filmography preceding said film: Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), The Wrestler (2008), Black Swan (2010), Noah (2014), and mother! (2017). … More The Films Of Darren Aronofsky
From Jordan Low comes a vibrant study of the final six, and only, colour films of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu: Equinox Flower (1958), Good Morning (1959), Floating Weeds (1959), Late Autumn (1960), The End of Summer (1961), and An Autumn Afternoon (1962). Famed and acclaimed as one of the greatest directors of all time, read on to find out why these arguably marked the peak of Ozu’s career, even over his oft cited Tokyo Story (1953) and Noriko trilogy. … More The Colour Films Of Yasujirō Ozu
Happy Halloween reader! To mark the occasion, from Jordan Low comes an assessment, in chronological order, of the entire directed feature filmography of David Gordon Green, the American writer-director behind the just concluded Halloween (1978) sequel trilogy (2018-2022). Though, that’s just the tip of the eclectic iceberg. … More The Films Of David Gordon Green
In light of Cinema Nova’s 30th Birthday this year, we interviewed Kristian Connelly and Lucy Fenwick Elliott about their work and experiences with the cinema. Read on for our questions and their answers, as well as a little Nova history. … More An Interview With Cinema Nova CEO Kristian Connelly + Social Media & Content Coordinator Lucy Fenwick Elliott
Ahead of Film Society’s week 11 screening of Princess Mononoke this Friday afternoon, and as Melbourne is wracked by extreme wet weather, from Zoe McLeod comes a reflection on Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s wondrously animated 1997 film about a conflict between humanity and nature, and a case for it as the greatest environmentalist film ever made. … More Princess Mononoke: The Ultimate Environmentalist Film
From Jordan Low comes a review and ranking of American filmmaker Sofia Coppola’s entire directed feature filmography, from Lost in Translation to On the Rocks. Following the news yesterday that she’s lined up her next addition to it. … More The Films Of Sofia Coppola Reviewed & Ranked
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