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Alex First
Aug 3, 20203 min read
Deerskin (MA) - 77 minutes
Talk about a bizarre and macabre black comedy. It concerns a 44-year-old guy, Georges (Jean Dujardin – The Artist), who, as the film’s...
Alex First
Aug 2, 20202 min read
Echo in the Canyon (PG) - 89 minutes
If you are a music buff, it would be hard not to get excited by the trip down memory lane that is Echo in the Canyon. This is a...
Alex First
Jul 29, 20202 min read
23 Walks (M) - 102 minutes
Scenic manufactured pap for the elderly. That, in a nutshell, is 23 Walks, which promised much but delivered little. Two lonely people...
Alex First
Jul 28, 20203 min read
Litigante (M) - 95 minutes
A series of fine, natural performances led by Carolina Sanín highlight an emotionally wrought slice of life piece set in Bogota,...
Alex First
Jul 27, 20202 min read
Shirley (M) - 107 minutes
If you are looking for a straightforward, readily understandable narrative, then Shirley may not be the movie for you. Instead, it is a...
Alex First
Jul 23, 20202 min read
House of Cardin (G) - 97 minutes
A visionary, a skilled and creative genius, a futurist, a workaholic and a populist who broke boundaries. Constraint is not in his...
Alex First
Jul 22, 20202 min read
Calm with Horses (MA) - 100 minutes
A brutal but poignant script, skilful feature directorial debut, bravura lead acting performance and powerful score are the hallmarks of...
Alex First
Jul 22, 20202 min read
The Taverna (MA) - 86 minutes
It is about to be a night to remember in a popular Greek restaurant in Melbourne run by long-term proprietor Kostas (Vangelis Mourikis)...
Alex First
Jul 20, 20202 min read
Love Sarah (M) - 98 minutes
A small, largely predictable, feel good romantic drama, Love Sarah centres around three generations of women who go into business...
Alex First
Jul 19, 20202 min read
The Vigil (MA) - 90 minutes
A man haunted by his past is forced to face his demons in the slow-moving, supernatural religious horror The Vigil. Yakov Ronen (Dave...
Alex First
Jul 13, 20202 min read
The King of Staten Island (MA) - 137 minutes
The more I saw, the more I enjoyed The King of Staten Island. It’s all about a heavily tattooed, 24-year-old dope smoker Scott Carlin...
Alex First
Jul 2, 20202 min read
The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG) - 119 minutes
A ripping yarn and a grand adventure, The Personal History of David Copperfield delights. It highlights just how magnificent a writer...
Alex First
May 21, 20202 min read
Endings, Beginnings (MA) - 110 minutes
Navigating a romantic entanglement can be – and often is – difficult enough. But when it comes to two – at the same time – it is in a...
Alex First
May 13, 20202 min read
The Assistant (M) - 87 minutes
The despicable acts of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein come into sharp focus as The Assistant unfolds. Jane (Julia Garner) is a...
Alex First
May 3, 20202 min read
Hearts and Bones (M) - 110 minutes
A photographer who has covered the world’s trouble spots and suffers badly from PTSD befriends a hardworking Sudanese man with a secret...
Alex First
Apr 30, 20202 min read
Midnight Family (MA) - 81 minutes
Underground private ambulances competing for patients, begging for money and paying police bribes. That’s what we witness up close and...
Alex First
Apr 11, 20202 min read
Beats (MA) - 101 minutes
Youthful anarchy is at the heart of a largely black and white film set just before the British government enacted legislation banning...
Alex First
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Vivarium (M) - 98 minutes
A surreal nightmare, Vivarium is a descent into madness. It is designed to do your head in … and it does. Here’s the scenario – Tom...
Alex First
Apr 5, 20202 min read
Burning Kiss (MA) - 81 minutes
Weird and wacky film noir, Burning Kiss is a psychedelic whodunnit in reverse. By that I mean we know who perpetrated the crime, but the...
Alex First
Mar 29, 20202 min read
Come to Daddy (MA) - 95 minutes
Some seriously messed up material is the essence of Come to Daddy, which fits comfortably in the horror/black humour genre. An irreverent...
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