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SFF 2011: A Brief Sample Of Delights
A year after launching this website with a trip up to the Sydney Film Festival I am back with a vengeance and tripping up to NSW for a second time. Coming off a totally enjoyable week in 2010 I will be...
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SFF 2011 Day 1: Tucker And Dale Vs Evil
Hello Sydney. My you are a bit chilly aren't you. Tucker and Dale Vs Evil is without a doubt the best horror-comedy I have seen in years (it's definitely funnier and gorier than Zombieland for...
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SFF 2011: Sleeping Beauty - A Devastating Achievement
“In the mad rush of getting critical responses filed (or tweeted) before the 4th or 5th screening of the day begins, critics and commentators make snap judgments read by millions around the world, long...
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SFF 2011: Septien & Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
Seems like there are some slight issues with sessions starting on time so far this year which is strange as the program looked well timed from a distance with good breaks between films. Oh well, that's...
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SFF 2011: Kill List
Ben Wheatley's second film after the solid Down Terrace last year is an amazing step up in every respect. Kill List is a painfully tense and stunningly well structured genre piece that signals Wheatley...
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SFF2011: The Future, Target, End Of Animal, Stake Land
As the rain continues to pour down, the festival is still haunted by iffy projection difficulties. A screening of the documentary El Bulli was struck with a missing audio track resulting in apparent...
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SFF 2011: Project Nim & Hobo With A Shotgun
As the days begin to blur, my fourth day of the festival brought yet more delights in what is turning out to be one of the most consistently good run of films I have experienced in quite a while. My...
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Sff 2011: Cool It & Corridor
The midpoint of a film festival is always a tricky moment. An odd type of film-lag sets in regardless of how well slept you are. Films begin to blur, sometimes even while you are watching them. I've...
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SFF 2011: Tree Of Life
I've been putting off writing about TREE OF LIFE for 24 hours now. I simply don't know how to approach it and I'm not even sure how I feel about it. Unlike others who really emotionally connected with...
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SFF 2011: Tabloid & Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Most modern documentary filmmakers working today could learn a lot from Errol Morris. The way he embraces subjective truth is infinitely fascinating and TABLOID, while a minor entry overall in his...
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SFF 2011: The Big Overview
What a great festival! Out of a meagre 26 films seen, I can say that only about 3 were out and out bad while at least 13 were pretty close to great with the remainder being merely very good. That is...
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SFF 2011: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary is quite possibly the most self-reflexive piece of film I have ever seen. Its full title, POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS, THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD, is about the making...
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SFF 2011: 13 ASSASSINS
Miike Takashi is often misunderstood by many western film writers. Despite his prolific nature (regularly making between 3 and 6 films a year), very few of his films travel outside of Japan and the...
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SFF 2011: Corman's World - Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
CORMAN'S WORLD is exactly the type of film you would expect it to be. A chronological run through of Corman's greatest hits with plenty of amusing anecdotes from famous faces and the requisite amount...
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SFF 2011: Martha Marcy May Marlene
MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE is a profoundly devastating and overwhelmingly intense film from first-time filmmaker Sean Durkin. I'll give you fair warning as you are about to read a fairly glowing review....
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