My 10 Favourite Performances of 2022.
With the awards season kicking off shortly, I will have more to say about the films that I enjoyed andContinue Reading
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Film review: Ticket to Paradise.
The endless appeal of Hollywood movies around weddings is absolutely fascinating. Do we ever really tire of them? Often theContinue Reading
Joaquin Phoenix: Best actor of the 2010s.
Joaquin Phoenix extraordinary talent as an actor has never ever been in doubt. For over the last 20+ years, heContinue Reading
My Favourite Films of 2021.
2021 wasn’t the year I hoped it would be at the movies. In Australia it was a disappointment – withContinue Reading
Rams (2020): A tale of two feuding brothers, sheep and a good dog.
Rams is a superb comedy-drama directed by Jeremy Sims (Beneath Hill 60) and starring Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and everyone’sContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Dr. Shirley helps Tony write a letter to his wife.
The critics and the Academy a few years ago had nothing but praise for Green Book. It was controversially awarded BestContinue Reading
John Ford’s revered masterpiece ‘How Green Was My Valley’ (1941).
If you have read the novel How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn, you will instantly realise what a grimContinue Reading
Jezebel (1938):Warner Brothers Very Own Antebellum Period Drama.
One of Warner studio’s most celebrated actresses in the 1930s was a defiant and feisty young woman named Bette Davis.Continue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Grapes of Wrath – I’ll Be There speech.
John Ford’s own understanding and fondness of the American people and their history is no more evident than in hisContinue Reading
The Public Enemy (1931): The film that made James Cagney a star.
It was during the early years of the Great Depression, a time when Americans were cynical and jaded about theirContinue Reading
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