Friday, June 4 2010
‘Walkabout’ Is the Rarest of Films That Will Change Your Life Again Every Time You Return to It
Like any memorable work of art, Walkabout manages to convey certain elusive insights that, upon reflection, are so obvious they seem revelatory.
Thursday, March 12 2009
Australia
As far as films go, this one's rather like a fleeting romance that wants to be a torrid affair.
Thursday, January 15 2009
OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008
There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!
Australia
Australia is both an epic and a post-epic epic: it understands what's at stake in such spectacle-making and wants to show you that it knows.
Thursday, September 11 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008
Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.
Wednesday, September 5 2007
Ten Canoes
Ten Canoes begins with a joke that both crosses and targets cultural divides.
Thursday, December 26 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Molly, Gracie, and Daisy's journey is mythic as much as it is historical.
