Tag: film

Two Tickets To Greece

Just when you think summer is finally here, we’re thrown into another cold and wet week of classic Melbourne Spring. To be fair though, the rain, clouds and generally damp weather make for the best movie-watching weather! My plus one…

Saltburn Movie: A Dazzling Descent into Gothic Excess and Elegance

Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn is a cinematic experience akin to a fever dream, a Gothic thriller that intoxicates with its poisonous candy-pop glitter. Following her Oscar-winning success with “Promising Young Woman,” Fennell once again proves her mettle in crafting narratives that…

Melbourne Queer Film Festival Launches Its 2023 Program

We’re here. We’re Queer. The Melbourne Queer Film Festival program launched at Town Hall with the Lord Mayor Sally Capp presiding over rainbows, free-flowing drinks, and pipe organ music. No seriously. The launch featured a 1918 drag-comedy silent film accompanied…

Shorts of all stripes at the Saint Kilda Film Festival

Short and sweet. Short and sad. Short and scary, silly, sincere, surreal, and surprising. The Saint Kilda Film Festival launched 12 days of short films, workshops and special events. This year marks the festival’s 39th anniversary and it claims the…

FAST X

The end of the road begins. Fast X, the tenth film in the Fast & Furious Saga (but the 11th film in the franchise), pushes the pedal to the floor. In its third decade with the same core cast and…

Polite Society

Writer and director Nida Manzoor’s feature film directorial debut ‘Polite Society’ follows aspiring stunt woman Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage to a devilishly handsome suitor. After enlisting the help of…

John Wick: Chapter 4

It’s hard to keep franchises fresh, and often around the second or third instalment you can see the writers and leads start to get a bit lethargic. Fighting against the sequel curse is John Wick: Chapter 4, which in our…

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Does it feel like it’s been a while since we’ve caught up with one of our favourite Marvel families to anyone else, or just us? Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the edge of your seat return of Scott Lang…

Magic Mike’s Last Dance

Rock-hard abs, bulging biceps and chiselled features. Getting excited already? Well Channing Tatum and his crew of hot male strippers are back with what could sadly be the final film in this franchise if the name stands true. Get ready…

Babylon Rages into Cinemas

Continuing his love letter to Hollywood, albeit with a darker tone, writer and director Damien Chazelle’s latest film ‘Babylon‘ is all the things you would expect from the La La Land director; glam, glitz and a firery romance that’s doomed to…