A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Australian and New Zealand Films
Anthony Lucas, “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” (2004) A nominee for a Best Animated Short Film Oscar in 2006, this is a visually beautiful…
Australian and New Zealand Films, Eastern European Films
Ben Ferris, “Penelopa” aka “Penelope” (2009) Lovely to look at but beautiful, almost abstract scenes of nature and long circular panning shots that lovingly savour the…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Sonia Bible, “Recipe for Murder” (2010) Contrary to what most people think about the 1950’s, the decade or the early part of it at least wasn’t…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Bruce Beresford, “The Fringe Dwellers” (1986) Based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Nene Gare, this gentle and minimally made movie is a…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Robert Connolly, “Balibo” (2009) Imaginatively constructed as three stories that initially fit into one another like Russian matryoshka dolls, of which two more or less spread…
Australian and New Zealand Films
Adam Elliot, “Mary and Max” (2008) Source: www.artabase.net This is a poignant film about how friendships can be made between social misfits and how they thrive…
Rodrigo Cortes, “Buried” (2010) For a one-trick pony in which the trick is one man stuck in a wooden box buried 2 metres underground, this is…