Strangerland
First time feature film director Kim Farrant paints a striking portrait of family distraught over the disappearance of their children.
Australia
Paper Planes
American family films have become a billion dollar business, much like all the other genre films coming out of Hollywood. I remember when family films like Little Rascals, Hocus Pocus or Trading Mom, didn’t need millions for special effects, they were about values and inspiring a young generation. Paper Planes seems to have those movies
The Mule
One thing I can always count on at SXSW is the presence of good Australian film. I guess that reign came to an end this year with The Mule written and directed by Agnes Sampson. Purportedly based on an incredibly shocking true story, The Mule is both interesting and boring at the same time, how
Adore
I can understand why this is being called a film equivalent to a middle aged erotic paperback novel. I can even understand why the majority of the public won’t want to have anything to do with this film. From the director of Coco Before Chanel, French filmmaker Anne Fontaine has adapted a very provocative story