The Classics: The Grapes of Froth
The Wizard of Oz Directed by Victor Fleming (George Cukor and King Vidor uncredited) Written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, based on stories by L. Frank …
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Loving and lying, Italian-style
Perfect Strangers Directed by Paolo Genovese Written by Paolo Genovese, Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paola Mammini and Rolando Ravello Rated M, 96 minutes 3.5 stars
Don’t try this at home. …
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The dramatic teen comedy reborn
The Edge of Seventeen Written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig 104 minutes, rated M 4.5 stars
When I first started reviewing movies in 1984, neurotic teenagers were in full …
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A well-loved dog returns
Red Dog: True Blue Directed by Kriv Stenders Written by Daniel Taplitz 89 minutes, rated PG 2.5 stars
And now, just in time for Christmas, the return of Australia’s most …
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Directed by David Yates
Written by JK Rowling
133 minutes, rated M
JK Rowling’s first film as a screenwriter takes us to New York in 1926, where something is tearing …
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Recent Reviews
Bad people doing bad things
Detour
Written and directed by Christopher Smith
97 minutes, rated MA 15+
3 stars
There’s no such thing as originality, but that doesn’t mean you stop aiming for it. Detour …
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An elegy for Emily D.
A Quiet Passion
Written and directed by Terence Davies
125 minutes, rated PG
4 stars
When one artist makes a film about another artist, you can be reasonably sure that …
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Kartoonish Korean ultra-violence
The Villainess
Directed by Jung Byung-gil
Written by Jung Byeong-sik and Jung Byung-gil
122 minutes, rated R
3.5 stars
The Villainess is a high-octane Korean thriller about a young woman …
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Fascinating half-true story
Monsieur Chocolat
Directed by Roschdy Zem
Written by Cyril Gely, Olivier Gorce, Gerard Noiriel and Roschdy Zem
114 minutes, rated M
4 stars
This is the fascinating true story of …
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Black and white and red
Get Out
Written and directed by Jordan Peele
104 minutes, rated MA 15+
4 stars
A guide to African–American horror films would be a slim volume. There are black people …
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Fine and brave
Don’t Tell
Directed by Tori Garrett
Written by Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville, based on a book by Stephen Roche
108 minutes, rated M
4 stars
Child abuse. …
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Gurinder’s personal Partition
Viceroy’s House
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini and Gurinder Chadha
106 minutes, rated PG
3 stars
Where to begin with this fascinating, infuriating, entertaining …
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Pablo Neruda as fantasy
Neruda
Directed by Pablo Larrain
Written by Guillermo Calderon
Rated MA 15+, 108 minutes
4 stars
A chubby man with a comb-over (Luis Gnecco) sits bare-chested in front of a …
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