Film review: Silent Friend
Tony Leung’s second non-Chinese film is a beautiful, meditative thesis of change and isolation. It’s not trying to please everyone, but it opens up to…
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Screentime October
We’re not jinxing it this time. All releases scheduled for October have been cautiously moved to the end of the year, so we’re making the…
By Francisco Silva - 2 min read
Dreaming of the open road
In the industry, September is known as a ‘“dump month.” A release window both too early for, and too late from, awards season. For NSW,…
By Francisco Silva - 2 min read
Couch Olympics 2021
We’re not going anywhere anytime soon, which is perfect if, like me, you’re all about working and watching sport, so here are three films to…
By Francisco Silva - 2 min read
Film Review: A Quiet Place Part 2
Packed with the knowledge of how to defeat the beasts, the Abbott family sets out in search of more survivors
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read
Film review: Death of a Ladies Man
Gabriel Byrne is the sulky beating heart of this brooding and soulful film
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read
Film review: Ema
There is no morality in Ema, but there is a moral high ground.
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: The Perfect Candidate
Because when life gives you lemons, you stand against the structured patriarchy of your neighbourhood
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: Supernova
Halfway through this beautiful and pure film, you realise living can be scarier than dying.
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read
Film Review: Antoinette in the Cevénnes
Robert Louis Stevenson’s adventure story inspires a film with plenty of heart, guts and belief
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read
Film review: The Father
With actors at the very top of their game, The Father is a complicated yet compelling watch
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read