For years now, I’ve been hearing complaints from my teenage son that go like this: “Ugh, this building reminds me of the Backrooms.” “Did you HAVE to pick a doctor’s office that’s...
When we were children, flickered in light and held in thrall to the shuddering genius of Ray Harryhausen’s mythical beasts in Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans we could only dare to...
Last month, we left behind the restrained realism of post-war Italy and immersed ourselves in the rich colours of Technicolour spectacle. Films such as The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus and Singin' in...
The opening of The Hidden has a sombre, mournful quality to it. Through black and white CCTV we quietly observe the comings and goings of the Wells Fargo Bank in Los Angeles. The bank’s customers...
When people hear about Rental Family (Disney Plus), the new film starring Brendan Fraser, it is easy to assume its premise belongs to the realm of far-fetched fiction. An actor who gets paid to play...
Admittedly, despite having grown up with the chart-topping pop band Culture Club a ubiquitous presence on the airwaves of my youth, I’m not the target nostalgia audience for Alison Ellwood’s Boy...
This month over at Five Books For, we've been talking about trilogies. One of the things I love about a trilogy is that they have depth, and extra time with your favourite characters, but they don't...
With the ongoing battle for the soul of humanity versus the trillionaire far-right tech barons, it seems timely to revisit a largely forgotten film that was the first to seriously confront our online...
Miniature Malekpour, University of Sydney For women in Iran, life changed dramatically after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The new Islamic Republic of Iran enforced compulsory veiling, legalised...
After immersing myself in the quiet austerity of Italian Neorealism last month, returning to full Technicolor felt almost indecent. Last month’s films were rooted in the grimmer end of reality -...
