TOP 10 FILMS OF 2012
BY MATT RICHARDS How To Die In Oregon – Peter Richardson (2011 USA Doco) – 4.5 stars Absolutely heartbreaking and humbling doco set in the only state of the USA that currently allows the terminally ill...
View ArticleTHREE ONE SIX OH!
On the first day of Summer, if you happen to be based in Melbourne, you need to put some food and friends inside a train, take a 50min ride (from the CBD) to the hills, and check out the THREE ONE SIX...
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Harmony Korine, Aleksei Fedorchenko, Jan Kwiecinski (2012) REVIEW BY MATT RICHARDS 2.5 STARS This bizarre new triptych from two of European cinemas rising stars, along-side seasoned provocateur Harmony...
View ArticleSURFING 28 STATES: INDIA
Jonno and Stefan like surfing. Big waves, little waves, tiny waves, no waves. They learnt the fine art of inland surfing in America when they made cult surf doco Surfing 50 States. Ready for a new...
View ArticleTHE MAN WHO COULD NOT DREAM
Starring Geoffrey Rush and Alan Brough, THE MAN WHO COULD NOT DREAM is a beautiful, funny, and disturbing little film. We’re warning you - once you’ve seen it you can’t quite shake it from your bones,...
View Article11 FLOWERS
WO 11 (11 FLOWERS) – XIAOSHUAI WANG (2012 China) REVIEW BY MATT RICHARDS 3.5 STARS 11 Flowers is a richly crafted and strikingly cinematic film that manages to lull the viewer with a sense of the...
View ArticleGO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM
The first series of Go Back to Where You Came From was an exceptional moment for Australian TV. Confronting, moving, intelligent, tragic, engaging – it packaged up and delivered some desperately needed...
View ArticleMETROPIA – TARIK SELAH
METROPIA – TARIK SELAH (2009 Sweden) REVIEW BY MATT RICHARDS 3 STARS Recently screening at MIFF in the Swedish showcase this bleak and paranoid look into a possible future is worth watching for the...
View ArticleGESAMT with LARS VON TRIER
Ever wanted to collaborate with Lars von Trier? Here’s your chance. Lars just put out an open global invitation for contributions to his new project, Gesamt. He wants you to reinterpret six great works...
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