Deerskin (Le Daim), 2019. Directed by Quentin Dupieux. Starring Jean Dujardin and Adele Haenel. SYNOPSIS: In this bizarre comedy-horror, a middle-aged man spends all his savings on a deerskin jacket and heads out to live in a rural mountain village. His unsettling obsession with his new purchase leads him to take drastic action to ensure […]
Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2020 Review – Saint Maud
Saint Maud, 2020. Directed by Rose Glass. Starring Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Knight and Lily Frazer. SYNOPSIS: A pious nurse begins caring for a terminally ill patient, and takes the task of saving her soul extremely personally, leading the nurse down an increasingly dangerous and violent path. The new horror, Saint Maud, is arguably […]
Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2020 Review – Chained for Life
Chained for Life, 2019. Directed by Aaron Schimberg. Starring Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson, Stephen Plunkett, and Charlie Korsmo. SYNOPSIS: A beautiful actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur’s English-language debut. Director/writer Aaron Schimberg’s second feature film, Chained for Life, follows actress Mabel (Jess Weixler) as she works […]
Fantastic Film Festival Australia 2020 Review – Jallikattu
Jallikattu, 2019. Directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery. Starring Antony Varghese, Sabumon Abdusamad, and Chemban Vinod Jose. SYNOPSIS: A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence. The Malayalam film, Jallikattu begins as a simple tale, but by the end of its frenetic 90-minute chase, it has transformed […]
Melbourne International Film Festival 2019 Review – The Day Shall Come
The Day Shall Come, 2019. Directed by Chris Morris. Starring Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Denis O’Hare, Kayvan Novak, Danielle Brooks, Adam David Thompson, and Jim Gaffigan. SYNOPSIS: The FBI are on the lookout for the next terrorist threat for them to stop. Agent Kendra Glack (Anna Kendrick) proposes they target Moses (Marchánt Davis), the eccentric […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – Blaze
Blaze, 2018. Directed by Ethan Hawke. Starring Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, David Kallaway, Richard Linklater, Jenn Lyon, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Ritchie Montgomery, Wyatt Russell, D. Taylor Loeb, and Kris Kristofferson. SYNOPSIS: A biopic of the largely unknown country musician Blaze Foley, charting his tumultuous life, from his early marriage to his short but […]
2018 BFI Film Festival Review – Museo
Museo, 2018. Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Starring Gael García Bernal and Leonardo Ortizgris. SYNOPSIS: In 1985 veterinary students Juan and his best friend Benjamin set out to steal a number of priceless artefacts from the Mexican National Museum of Anthropology. This incredible film is actually based on a true story. Over the years, Hollywood has […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Image Book
The Image Book (Le Livre d’image), 2018. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. SYNOPSIS: Using a variety of voiceovers, Jean-Luc Godard guides the audience through a truly unique film – a fabric of clips stitched together, telling a story in five unrelated chapters. Godard’s mission, it seems, is to tackle the products of cinema by deconstructing its […]
