Film Talk // Back to black

There's a noticeable trend happening in the movies lately. Ever since The Artist won the Best Picture Oscar back in 2012 it reminded audiences around the world how exciting and beautifully cinematic it is to shoot films in black and white.

Mood Indigo // Joys and sorrows

MOOD INDIGO (2013)
Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring Audrey Tatou, Romain Duris, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

Love, life and death. Three enormous themes beautifully tackled by one of the most inventive and original directors working today. Michel Gondry is best known for Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and this may be as good if not better than that modern classic.

Spring Breakers // Flashing Lights

Spring Breakers

Directed by Harmony Korine

Starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, Ashley Benson and James Franco

This review contains spoilers

First, I'm going to try and describe the film in one paragraph. I'm not going to summarise what happens because you can probably do that in one sentence. I'm going to describe it by what the experience of watching it was like because the film is essentially an experience. The kind that is hard to forget.

Stoker // Sydney Film Festival 2013

Stoker 

Directed by Park Chan-Wook

Starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Jacki Weaver and Matthew Goode

This review contains spoilers

Let's begin at the end. We see the result of everything that happens during the middle portion of the film which proves to be the least interesting part of the film. What is interesting is seeing how it all begins and how it all ends and where this could lead.

Les Miserables // The power of the spoken word

Tom Hooper's adaptation of Victor Hugo's tome and worldwide stage hit, Les Miserables, tries to say (or sing) so many things, piled on top of each another, that the resulting reaction from me was to cringe and look away. 

Taste of Cherry // The sweet taste of life

Abbas Kiarostami's film Taste of Cherry leaves us in a state of contemplation - not after the film's conclusion but during.

Melancholia // Inner apocalypse and preteniousness

Lars Von Trier's Melancholia is split into two parts titled with the names of the two protagonists, 'Justine' and 'Claire'. Justine is played by Kirsten Dunst, Claire by Charlotte Gainsbourg. Justine is depression, Claire is anxiety.