Ok, so this is another movie about trans women that obviously has good intentions. All trans characters are played by trans actors. It shows trans activism and resistance to trans oppression. That being said, this is another film that shows being trans as the single defining problem of the main character. Tina is a Latina…
It’s not often you see a documentary about emergent technology and come away feeling comforted. One of my old uni lecturers said, “I’m not really worried about AI. Because all a computer can do is add 2 numbers, subtract 2 numbers, multiply and divide 2 numbers, and decide which one is larger or smaller.” That…
Song Without A Name is based on real events where poor Native Amerindian women had their newborn children illegally adopted without their knowledge or consent. Even when the struggle to bring those to justice is finally over, the attitude prevails that these kids are probably better off with the rich whites that have adopted them…
Thoroughly enjoyable possession romp. Good dose of humour. A hoax exorcist becomes real and goes viral.
Class Frightfest shorts. Live Forever is a wee sing-along about dying in horror films, really fun. Cubicle is a little horror short set entirely within a bathroom cubicle. Loved it. Really effective with very little.
Ok, so Death of a Vlogger is a zero budget, no name, passion project made by a bunch of 20-year old pals in their flat. That being understood, it’s really fucking good. It really makes you wonder at what can be accomplished with skill alone. It’s basically shot on a phone, webcam, and fairly standard…
Synchronic is about a drug which causes you to become unstuck in time. It has a fun X-Files episode vibe. It has that sci-fi mixed with crime procedural, plus a buddy-cop dynamic. It stars Jamie Dornan from Fifty Shades of Grey and Andrew Mackie from Avengers, who have great chemistry and make very believable best…
A modern-day remake of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure set in the rough high flats of Melbourne, Australia. The result is a fun gangsta movie, with honour and reputation at the centre. Hugo Weaving makes a wonderful, growling, old-fashioned, dignified gangster.
I knew very little about Oliver Sacks other than he was the doctor Robin Williams’s character in Awakenings is based on. I also knew a couple of his other books, like The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat. So this was an enormous pleasure to watch and learn from. Oliver Sacks: His Own…
Sugar Cane Alley is the 1983 adaptation of semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Zobel. Set in 1930s Martinique, it follows Jose and his grandmother’s attempts to get him an education and out of the sugar cane fields. This film has a great sense of place. This film is a whole world, not just a backdrop to…