Gozu
There seems to be an unspoken law that says every film festival must feature a new Takashi Miike film. Luckily, he churns out multiple features a year... read more...
Paris
There are only a handful of cities around the world that popularculture won’t stop mythologising. Yes, this is yet another film aboutParis – but after... read more...
The Aura
Remember Nine Queens, the con-man caper flick from Argentina that lingered in small cinemasback in the early ‘00s? Director Fabian Bielinsky followed... read more...
Silly Symphonies: Renegades and Fine Romance
Back in the early days of Disney—before the hand of God would have had just cause to smite the company executives for committing idolatry—Walt... read more...
Grindhouse
Just when you thought you couldn’t love Dendy any more, they are releasing the Rodriguez – Tarantino Grindhouse double feature in all it’s blood-soaked,... read more...
Lars and the Real Girl
The Real Doll phenomenon turns the squick-factor of the Uncanny Valley into something that could be produced by Mattel’s "Sexy Nightmare"... read more...
Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
There’s a certain subset of people who’ll happily accept all kinds of ridiculousness in their cinema – guns that never need reloading,... read more...
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
An old-fashioned male melodrama disguised as a one of those twisty crime thrillers that clogged cinemas all through the ‘90s, Before The Devil…... read more...
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
What’s that saying? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Well if anything, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead encourages you to... read more...
Focus on Gus Van Sant
Gus Vant Sant is synonymous with a particular brand of American arthouse, epitomised by films like Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho. Since then,... read more...
Flickerfest
What could be better than a festival celebrating short film? Probably a programme celebrating thirty years of animated Australian short films!For the first... read more...
Tarnation
You have to wonder what would possess Gus Van Sant and John Cameron Mitchell to get involved in an autobiographical documentary with a budget of US $218.... read more...
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Are you ready for nightmare fodder? Locked-In Syndrome is a rare disorder where you can’t move, can’t speak, can’t swallow, can’t... read more...
Court of Lonely Royals
If you ever bump into maker of this feature film in a dark alley you should knife him in the guts and ask for your money back. Set in a dystopic, neon-lit... read more...
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
November 1982: LIFE magazine gathers together the best arcade game players for a tournament and a delightfully enthusiastic picture, cheerleaders and all.... read more...
Cloverfield
Blockbusters suffer from the tyranny of low expectations. How many times did you hear someone dismiss the gaping flaws of Transformers with “yeah,... read more...
Juno
Ellen Page’s role as 16-year-old mother-to-be Juno MacGuff guarantees that every vaguely alternative boy in the western world is now in love with... read more...
Shaw Brothers DVD Collections
The innumerable kung fu films of the Shaw Brothers Studios always promised honourable deaths, sudden betrayals, supernatural powers, the mismatched lips... read more...
I'm Not There
One element of the new Bob Dylan biopic is getting all the press: a half-dozen actors (male, female, black, white) playing Dylan at different points of... read more...
Daft Punk is Screening at Our House
Daft Punk are soon to land and their meteoric and enigmatic nature makes this akin to the passing of Haley’s Comet. However, in the lead up, rather than... read more...
John Cassavetes: The Collection DVD Box
Sink into this newly remastered set of Cassavetes’ films and you can immediately see how they’re the dirty, short-black-coffee parallels to... read more...
2 Days In Paris
It’s rough round the edges, very much a low-budget first film, but if this is Delpy’s unofficial answer to Before Sunrise, it’s also... read more...
30 Days Of Night
30 Days Of Night is generic in the true sense of the word. The characters don’t need personalities, sparkling dialogue, or motivation beyond staying... read more...
Angel-A (2005)
Did you think that Amelie was good, but too girly? Or wish It’s A Wonderful Life starred a supermodel? Were you curious about arthouse classic Wings... read more...