drama

Falling with Viggo Mortensen
by J. Fletcher|15 December 2021|Features, Interviews, Post Category
Since first making his feature debut in Peter Wier’s seminal 1985 thriller Witness, Viggo Mortensen has earned a reputation as one of Hollywood’s finest character actors, adding to his resume such notable modern classics as The Indian Runner (1991), Carlito’s Way (1993), The Road (2009), Captain Fantastic (2016) and Greenbook (2018)...
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Peter Skinner: Finding His Lost Boy
by J. Fletcher|23 November 2021|Features, Interviews, Post Category
The short film Lost Boy has been making waves throughout the Australian and International festival circuit recently, not only having taken Best Short Film Award at the 2021 St Kilda Film Festival but landing its accomplished director, Peter Skinner, a nomination for...
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Hold Me Back: Review
by J. Fletcher|28 October 2021|Film Reviews, Post Category
Based on the 2020 novel from Risa Wataya, Hold Me Back takes an interesting approach to the modern day rom-com, delivering a poignant and moving glimpse into the lives of young Japanese women tackling the new gender norms and dating...
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Josee: Review
by J. Fletcher|14 September 2021|Film Reviews, Post Category
Director Jong-kwan Kim has to be one of South Korea’s hardest working directors, having completed the introspective Shades of the Heart (also playing at this year’s KOFFIA) just months after releasing his brooding adaptation of the young adult novel Josee, the Tiger and...
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Shades of the Heart: Review
by J. Fletcher|02 September 2021|Film Reviews, Post Category
One the highlights of the 2021 Korean Film Festival was the inclusion of Jong-kwan Kim’s sublime drama Shades of the Heart. A deeply engaging cinematic experience that deftly explores the various levels of emotional trauma both inflicted and soothed by the...
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I Don’t Fire Myself: Review
by J. Fletcher|01 September 2021|Film Reviews, Post Category
It’s safe to say that the equality movement has been a little slow on the up take in certain Asian cultures without having a defining catalyst such as the ‘Me Too’ movement or deliberate outright attacks on women’s rights as...
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Red Shoes: Covid Shuffle
by J. Fletcher|08 August 2021|Features, Interviews, Post Category
Set in the world of contemporary ballet and slated for a 2022 release, the new Australian youth drama The Red Shoes: Next Step brings together a stellar cast of young actors - headlined by award winning dancer Juliet Doherty and...
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Nicholas Hamilton: Endless It Boy
by J. Fletcher|01 June 2021|Features, Interviews, Post Category
After his macabre turn as the psychotic bully Henry Bowers in Andy Muschietti’s stunning 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s IT, Australian born Nicholas Hamilton returns to the supernatural realm with the romantic teen drama Endless. But unlike the menacing violence...
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Pale Moon: Review
by J. Fletcher|12 November 2014|Film Reviews, Post Category
Based on the bestselling novel The Eighth Day, from acclaimed author Mitsuyo Kakuta, and selected to represent Japan in competition at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival, Pale Moon is the latest opus from former commercial director Daihachi Yoshida, marking a strategic retreat from...
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My Man: Review
by J. Fletcher|09 June 2014|Film Reviews, Post Category
In what will inevitably be hailed as one of the years more contentious films, comes the bleak pseudo-sexual drama My Man, based on the novel Watashi no Otoko by award winning author Kazuki Sakuraba and adapted to the screen by...
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