Film Review: Brothers is effortless to watch
Filmed over the course of eight years, director Aslaug Holm documents the development of her two sons from childhood to adolescence.
Tag Archive: documentary
Ticket Giveaway: Where to Invade Next
We’re giving away double passes to the new Michael Moore docco, Where to Invade Next, to our Australia-based readers!
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
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
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
Iris review and ticket giveaway
What do you get when you pair an 87-year-old documentarian with a sharp-witted, flamboyantly attired 93-year-old? The answer is Iris, a documentary made by Albert Maysles about the legendary Iris Apfel. And the… Read More
Film Review: Amy is gut-wrenching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAoJVQ5qQQA Just as he did with the frankly magnificent Senna, British filmmaker/director Asif Kapadia takes a story of which everyone knows the conclusion, and still manages to make it utterly engaging. The generally accepted… Read More
Documentary review: Particle Fever
Particle Fever delivers a front-row seat to this generation’s most significant/inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happened. No, not the invention of Snapchat, but rather the launch of the Large Hadron Collider. In case… Read More
Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Now entering its fourth year, Antenna, Australia’s much acclaimed documentary film festival, hits Sydney screens this October. And this year it is bigger and better than ever. There are 35 feature-length documentaries from over twenty… Read More
Anna Broinowski Aims High – Interview
Australia-based filmmaker Anna Broinowski wanted to make a documentary to stop fracking in Sydney Park. Yes, they were trying to mine Sydney Park. She needed to find a way to get her message to… 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