Category Archive: Film

Kumiko The Treasure Hunter – Film Review

Carol Bowditch checks out the quirky charm of Kumiko The Treasure Hunter, which is showing at this year’s Sydney Film Festival: A 29 year-old Japanese woman called Kumiko waddles with determination through the tundra of a… Read More

The Double – Movie Review

After penning the wonderfully melancholic cult flick, Submarine, Richard Ayoade returns and is taking cues from his days as Moss in the IT Crowd with the doppleganger dark comedy, The Double. Carol Bowditch… Read More

Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie)

Marine Vacth is quite possibly the most picturesque French female appearing on screen in many a year, taking the title previously held by puffy faced cutie, Adèle Exarchopoulos. The leading actress of Young & Beautiful has a… Read More

Visitors (Die Besucher) – Film review

Visitors (Die Besucher) directed by Constanze Knoche, was screened in Sydney recently as part of the annual Audi Festival of German Films. Somethingyousaid.com’s Chloe Mayne gives it the once-over: Visitors is the kind of… Read More

Only Lovers Left Alive, Film Review

Set amongst romantic desolation, a deeply depressed underground musician reunites with his enigmatic lover. No, not your average weekend in Surry Hills, but the new film from Jim Jarmusch. Here’s our review: Eve lays motionless,… Read More

Europa Report DVD Giveaway

Thanks to our buddies at eOne Hopscotch, we’re giving away five copies of must-see sci fi thriller Europa Report FOR FREE to our Australia based readers. Europa Report is a unique blend of documentary, alternative history and science… Read More

Audi Festival of German Films: Oh Boy

We recently featured Just a Sigh, which is currently travelling Australia with the Alliance Française French Film Festival. Today we take you geographically East with Oh Boy, a feature that is part of the Audi… Read More

Wadjda is important and amazing

Carol Bowditch reviews the boundary-pushing, landmark offering from Haifaa al-Mansour: Can I just start with saying that you need to see this film? It’s gratifying, it’s important and amazing. Feel free to switch over to… Read More

Line of Duty DVD Giveaway

Thanks to our buddies at eOne Hopscotch, we’re giving away five copies of cracking British police television drama Line of Duty FOR FREE to our Australia-based readers. Line of Duty is a hard-hitting, fast-paced thriller… Read More

Sarah Bishop interview by Oliver Heath

Sarah Bishop stars in, and is a producer of, the independent Australian thriller feature ‘Crushed’. She is currently crowd funding to finish post-production. At a time when many “indie” features have multi-million dollar… Read More

Just A Sigh (Le temps de l’aventure) Review

Last week we had true spontaneous ‘romance’ dangled in front of us in form of that ‘FIRST KISS’ video, prompting jealously for that electric spark of in-the-moment romance between those that were meeting… Read More

The Raid 2 Ticket Giveaway

In conjunction with our buddies at Madman Entertainment, we’re giving away FIVE FREE DOUBLE-PASSES to The Raid 2 to our Australian-based readers. That’s right, if you are a fan of martial arts, are an adrenaline junkie,… Read More