Something You Said’s top films of 2015
We’ve already told you what the best albums were of 2015, now our contributors vote for their favourite films of the year.
Category Archive: film review
Film review: Phoenix is beautifully crafted
Phoenix is not only a film about the Nelly’s recovery as a Holocaust survivor but presents us with a beautifully crafted tale.
Film Review: Robert Mond’s The Subjects
Addy Fong checks out the latest piece of visual-psychological experimentation from Robert Mond for somethingyousaid.com.
Review: Foodies – The Culinary Jetset
As someone who attends numerous food-related events, I understand exactly what a serious business food blogging is. They way bloggers perfectly line-up their photographs of the culinary delights before them, it’s clear the aesthetic… Read More
Review: Suffragette at the British Film Festival
‘Suffragette’ is currently playing as part of a fine programme of British movies at the BBC First British Film Festival across Australia. Bobby Townsend checked it out in Brisbane: Starring the ace Carey Mulligan, Suffragette… Read More
Review: Amy shows the girl behind the name
If you have yet to see the astonishing documentary about Amy Winehouse, or if you feel it deserves another viewing, now is your opportunity because it is out on Digital HD/Blu-Ray/DVD on the 28th October.… Read More
Documentary Review: Only the Dead
Former Time and CNN correspondent Michael Ware and two-time Oscar winning film maker Bill Guttentag have teamed up for new documentary. Bobby Townsend could barely watch: In simple terms, documentary Only The Dead,… Read More
Review: Offside at the Football Film Festival
Anyone who is even remotely football-literate and/or cine-literate knows that the two don’t always combine well. The likes of When Saturday Comes and Goal are testament to that. And let’s not even talk about United… Read More
Film Review: Miss You Already
Remember when Slumdog Millionaire was released? It was advertised as “the feel good hit of the year”, with the smiling protagonists showered in confetti adorned on the sides of buses/billboards. Anyone who has seen… Read More
Film Review: Macbeth
Macbeth is the new film by Australian director Justin Kurzel, best known for his crime drama, Snowtown. An apt fit for one of Shakespeare’s darker and more powerful tragedies. Flawlessly cast with Michael Fassbender, Marion Cottilard,… Read More
Film Review: Cut Snake oozes menace
Cut Snake is a Melbourne-based crime drama set in in mid-1970s, focussing on the story of Sparra Farrell (Alex Russell), an ex-convict trying to lead a straightforward, quiet life with his beautiful bride-to-be, Paula (Jessica De Gouw).… Read More
How To Change the World review
‘Do you think you could be doing better with your life?’ a interviewer asks Bob Hunter, journalist/founder of Greenpeace. Never in most of my filmgoing life has such a question resonated in my… Read More