Sound Of My Voice deserves an audience
Neil Martin checked out a film that has thus far only had a limited release: Zal Batmanglij’s Sound Of My Voice has been turning heads at festivals this year and deserves to find… Read More
Category Archive: film review
Britany Nola’s top 10 films
In the build up to her big screen debut as the lead role in the upcoming film, American Ecstasy, SYS writer Britany Nola tells us her top 10 movies of all time: Words fail to… Read More
Looper review
Time-travel movies are faced with an inherent problem. Due to their nature, they are susceptible to gaping plot holes. It’s hard not to sit through them thinking things like, “HOLD ON. If he’s doing… Read More
To Rome With Love
Really? After heart-achingly brilliant parodies, words tinged with comic genius and fables of almost religious proportions, this is what we’re left with? Jesse Eisenberg and Ellen Page, of Juno fame, fumbling around awkwardly in… Read More
Revisiting: David Lynch’s Blue Velvet
Neil Martin explains how he was moulded by Anthrax and David Lynch! In many ways Blue Velvet is the gateway film for me. It is absolutely the film that showed me the light… Read More
Beyond the Black Rainbow
SYS film critic Neil Martin has his brain melted by the debut film from Panos Cosmatos. Will it leave you hating it or putting it in your top 10 list of movies. If you’re… Read More
Golden Lady searches for Sugar Man
Golden Lady checked out Searching For Sugar Man: About 15 years ago I stumbled aimlessly into a record shop in Kings Cross, Sydney. A tiny space filled to the brim with dusty vinyl… Read More
Here Are Seven Films You Might Have Missed But That You Have To See
Neil Martin gives you a heads up on some flicks you might not have seen: I watch a hell of a lot of films, at the time of writing I have watched 103… Read More
Where Do We Go Now?
From the creator of Caramel, this is a genuinely charming and inventive film which takes its audience through a spectrum of emotions. The story is thus: In an isolated village, a close-knit group… Read More
Red State review
Red State is not your typical Kevin Smith movie, as Neil Martin discovers: Something strange has happened to Kevin Smith. His past as a purveyor of foul-mouthed slacker comedies does not prepare the… Read More
Troll Hunter is sure to be a cult hit
I don’t know about you but I’ve always wondered why there weren’t more films featuring trolls. The troll is a woefully underrepresented creature in cinema history but you can rest easy, as Troll… Read More
Small Town Murder Songs is a quiet storm
Neil Martin casts his eye over Small Town Murder Songs for SYS and likes what he sees: Ed Gass Donnelly’s Small Town Murder Songs is a quiet storm of a film. A powerful and… Read More