Movies

J Edgar

Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) and John Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio).

WOULDN'T life be that much better if you could simply 'make a file' on your suspected enemies? more »

Weekend

Chris New as Glen and Tom Cullen as Russell in Weekend.

WHEN director Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain was released in 2005, it was widely perceived as a watershed. more »

Young Adult

Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary in Young Adult.

EVERYONE would know a Mavis Gary type – the most loved (and loathed) girl in school. more »

The Orator

Tausili Pushparaj as Vaaiga in Samoan film The Orator.

JUST as we have ‘new world’ wines, so too we have ‘new world’ films. more »

Buck

Buck Brannaman in the engrossing documentary, Buck.

IN a celebrity-centric media culture obsessed with the Kardashian sisters' line of handbags and the arrival of Beyonce and Jay-Z's curiously named newborn, it's delightful to discover a doco interested in championing the everyday man and woman. more »

The Muppets

Walter and Gary (Jason Segel) in The Muppets.

EVERY few months or so, yet another music legend from an era past gives the world tour circuit one more whirl in order to pocket some coin for their dwindling royalty fund and gratify their fiercely loyal fans keen to relive their youth. more »

Le Havre

Andre Wilms and Jean-Pierre Darroussin in Le Havre.

A COUPLE of years ago, a touching Israeli comic-drama dubbed Noodle stole this reviewer’s heart when it showed as part of PIAF’s Lotterywest Festival Films season. more »

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Role of a lifetime: Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander.

When I first heard Hollywood was remaking the electrifying 2009 Swedish thriller adapted from Stieg Larsson’s best-selling literary works, I was worried. more »

The Kid with a Bike

EVERY now and then, a diminutive flick made on a shoestring budget comes along and captivates long after the closing credits stop rolling. more »

The Iron Lady

A scene from The Iron Lady.

IN The Devil Wears Prada, Hollywood heroine Meryl Streep cut an imposing figure as the impeccably coiffed and clothed ice-queen Miranda Priestly, a fictionalised fashion magazine editor inspired by US Vogue's dictatorial boss, Anna Wintour. more »

We Bought a Zoo

A scene from We Bought a Zoo.

FIRST thing's first - I'm not particularly fond of zoos. more »

Tower Heist

A scene from Tower Heist.

TOO-cool-for-school criminals, ridiculously complex plots, impossible escape plans - heist movies of late have led me to avoid the genre altogether. more »

Tintin

A scene from Tintin.

GREAT snakes! What an adventure young Tintin and his quick-thinking terrier Snowy take us on in Steven Spielberg's long-awaited adventure epic. more »

The Skin I Live In

A scene from the Skin I Live in.

REMARKABLE Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar - who survived by selling used items in a flea market before launching his cinematic career - describes his edgy new offering as a “horror story without screams or frights.” more »

The First Grader

A scene from The First Grader.

A FILM'S populist appeal is ordinarily measured one of two ways - box office revenue and audience or people's choice awards. more »

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