Film review: Memoir of a Snail

With a great cast of Australian voices, Adam Elliot’s sophomore feature was worth the 15 years wait.There’s something comfortingly pure in Adam Elliot’s second feature,…

Film review: The Apprentice

The long-awaited biopic of Donald Trump’s rise to fame comes a little bit too early and has little to say. But it gives us a…

Film review: Joker: Folie à Deux

Todd Phillips’ sequel to his unexpected critically-acclaimed comic-book adaptation takes some brave swings but the original’s shortcomings are accentuated.Poor Arthur Fleck cannot find a world…

Film review: Megalopolis

Francis Ford Coppola finally releases his magnum opus. An insane esoteric multi-million dollar project with a lot to say to those willing to hear.The goal…

Film review: Dark Waters

In recognition of Robert Bilott’s upcoming keynote on the Law Society conference, LSJ reviews Todd Haynes’ 2019 film about his legal fight against a chemical…

Film review: The Substance

Demi Moore is back in this award-winning ultraviolent satire about toxic beauty standards. Not for weak stomachs.Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance comes at its audience with…

Film review: Bonnard, Pierre & Marthe

Cécile de France does her best to elevate Martin Provost’s outdated biopic of the famous French painter.If one’s to judge from the title, Martin Provost’s…

Film review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Thirty-six years later, Tim Burton returns to the world he’s all too familiar with, in a bid to re-ignite his career. Burton. Burton. Burton. Where…

Film review: I Saw The TV Glow (plus family day out ticket giveaway)

Boasting beautiful visuals between dreamscapes and nightmares, I Saw the TV Glow is a stimulating and emotional experience.The film people talk about when they say…

Film review: Blink Twice (plus ticket giveaway)

Zoë Kravitz’ directorial debut is intense, stylish, lurid, but a missed opportunity for much more complex subject.Try as a filmmaker might, one’s background will influence…