The Directors’ Fortnights at the Cannes Film Festival was established in 1969 as an alternative to the official selection, as a way of opening the door to “free and adventurous cinema” (per its program guide) and promoting new directors. It has since become a showcase for the up-and-coming, spotlighting Martin Scorsese, Michael Haneke, Werner Herzog, […]
Film Comment Selects, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s self-described “essential and eclectic feast of cinephilia,” will run its 14th edition from February 17-27. Organized by the editors of Film Comment, the organization’s house magazine, this series once again offers filmgoers many different stripes, genres, and modes of expression, culled from festivals all over the […]
Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith Produced by Angie Fielder Written by Felicity Price & Darcy-Smith Released by eOne Films. Australia. 89 min. Rated R With Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price, Teresa Palmer & Antony Starr Wish You Were Here opens with some beautiful images of Aussies doing what Aussies do so well, namely, being blond and tanned, […]
Written & Directed by P.J. Hogan Produced by Janet Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Todd Fellman & Jocelyn Moorhouse Released by Dada Films Australia. 111 min. Not rated With Toni Collette, Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox & Deborah Mailman Australian director P.J. Hogan reunites with Toni Collette in a knockout comedy that cuts to […]
Directed by Wayne Blair Produced by Rosemary Blight & Kylie du Fresne Written by Keith Thompson & Tony Briggs, based on the play by Briggs Released by the Weinstein Company Australia. 99 min. Rated PG-13 With Chris O’Dowd, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell, Deborah Mailman, Shari Sebbens, Tory Kittles, Lynette Narkle, Eka Darville & Kylie Belling […]
Directed by Cate Shortland Produced by Karsten Stöter, Liz Watts, Paul Watts, Paul Welsh & Benny Dreschel Written by Shortland & Robin Mukherjee, based on the novel The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert Released by Music Box Films Germany/Australia/UK. 108 min. Not Rated German with English subtitles With Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina […]
Directed by Glendyn Ivin Produced by Antonia Barnard and Nicholas Cole Written by Mac Gudgeon, based on the novel by Denise Young Released by Music Box Films Australia. 100 min. Not Rated With Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, Anita Hegh, John Brumpton & Sonya Suares Last Ride goes on the dark side Down Under with a […]
Written & Directed by Julia Leigh Produced by Jessica Brentnall Released by IFC Films/Video On Demand Australia. 101 min. Not Rated With Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll & Chris Haywood In the same year that Catherine Breillat reinterpreted The Sleeping Beauty as a model fairy tale for feminist girls, Australian novelist and […]