Live Reviews (March '20): DITZ / Precious Metals + Crake / The Seamonsters 1 March 2020 DITZRecord Junkee, 15 February"Probably the best band in the world." A bold claim from Idles lead singer Joe Talbot when discussing Brighton…
Lights, Karina, Action: A Tribute to Anna Karina 1 February 2020 In Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot le Fou, Jean-Paul Belmondo asks his partner in crime Anna Karina: "Why do you look so sad?". Her resp…
Eyes Wide Shut: 20th anniversary of 'alternative' festive film at The Showroom 12 December 2019 Revisit Stanley Kubrick's mystifying, slow-paced swansong this month at The Showroom if you dare. At the turn of the millennium and nearing…
The Irishman: Scorsese's Third Act 2 December 2019 The Irishman is a funereal film. It's one of those melancholy retrospectives that a master of cinema might create as they approach their twi…
Ad Astra: James Gray's Galactic Contemplation 1 October 2019 James Gray looks to the stars with his genre flirtation, Ad Astra, about lonesome astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), who has believed his fa…
The Souvenir - A semi-autobiographical knockout 16 September 2019 From Joanna Hogg comes The Souvenir, a rich semi-autobiographical knockout that recounts the director's personal experience at film school i…
Midsommar: Ari Aster's sun-soaked horror 22 July 2019 Ari Aster turns his attention towards wilting relationships with this flowery folkloric horror about the carnivals of grief and dependency.…
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story 8 July 2019 Martin Scorsese examines American myth-making in this hypnotic documentary about Bob Dylan's unsuccessful 1975 tour mysteriously titled 'Ro…
