Film Review: Dreamland Dir: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Starring: Margot Robbie, Finn Cole, Travis Fimmel Back to the future with this Depression-era crime drama firmly set well within the world of Bonnie & Clyde.
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Film Review: Amundsen Dir: Espen Sandberg
Starring: Pål Sverre Hagen, Katherine Waterston, Christian Rubeck At the turn of the twentieth century Roald Amundsen (played by Pål Sverre Hagen) appreciated the risks of extreme weather conditions in the polar regions, and how the region’s indigenous peoples survived such conditions.
Film Review: Words On Bathroom Walls Dir: Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Charlie Plummer, Andy Garcia, AnnaSophia Robb, Taylor Russell “A person with an illness is not the illness itself” is repeated throughout Words On Bathroom Walls, a YA film about a teenager living with schizophrenia. This message is tempered with the painful reality that those living with mental illness are perceived and treated quite differently […]
Film Review: The Godfather, Coda: The Death Of Michael Corleone Dir: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Sofia Coppola No, this isn’t a new addition to The Godfather franchise, but rather Francis Ford Coppola’s re-edit of the 1990 film formerly known as Godfather III.
Film Review: The Mystery of D.B. Cooper Dir: John Dower
Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) is a mystery. The airjacker (or air pirate) of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 in 1971, his identity—and thus his fate—remains unknown. He stepped onboard the plane just before 3pm on November the 24th and left the plane by parachute some five hours later, USD200000 in hand.
Film Review: Baby Done Dir: Curtis Vowell
Starring: Rose Matafeo, Matthew Lewis, Emily Barclay, Madeleine Sami Having recently watched Rose Matafeo’s HBO Max stand-up special Horndog I was super excited for Baby Done, the latest NZ comedy directed by Curtis Vowell and written by Sophie Henderson. I wasn’t disappointed. No surprises that Taika Waititi is an Executive Producer on the film.
Film Review: I Am Woman Dir: Unjoo Moon
Starring: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle MacDonald, Evan Peters A solid, standard music biopic that feels more timely with the recent death of its subject, Helen Reddy.
Interview: Film Director Anders Refn on his WW II Epic Into The Darkness
With Into The Darkness finally in cinemas, the films’ director, Anders Refn talks to The 13th Floor about this important look at the past and what it tells us about what’s happening in the world today.
Film Review: On The Rocks Dir: Sophia Coppola
Starring: Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans It’s not exactly a Lost In Translation redux, but then, it’s not trying to be.
Film Review: Becky Dir: Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion
Starring: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James Joel McHale This nail-biting thriller has two things going for it…a (very) empowered 13-year-old girl and The King Of Queens as the Angel Of Doom.