Daybreakers
Sat, 13/02/10 – 10:42 | No Comment

As usual, I’ll keep this Daybreakers review spoiler free at the start. I’ll warn you before I spoil anything.  So last night I went with Cat and Rob to see …

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Brokeback Mountain: The Ang Lee Epic
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 13:54 | No Comment
Brokeback Mountain: The Ang Lee Epic

I must admit to having significant expectations from Brokeback Mountain. Friends and colleagues relayed reports of sobbing acquaintances discreetly hiding their shiny faces as they departed the theatre at the …

Transamerica: Gendering Encounters
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 13:52 | No Comment
Transamerica: Gendering Encounters

To put my perspective of this film into focus, I need to begin by narrating an encounter I once had in the distant past. I met a lady by the …

Capote: The Price of Literary Success
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 13:49 | No Comment
Capote: The Price of Literary Success

A rainy evening at the Palace Cinemas provided the solemnity to allow for Capote’s sobering messages to be absorbed readily. The film tells of Truman Capote’s pursuit of another literary …

Rent: Thank you, Jonathan Larson
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 13:45 | No Comment
Rent: Thank you, Jonathan Larson

I guess Baz Luhrmann was responsible for the new wave of the musical movie with Moulin Rouge in 2001. Since, a small handful of movies have pranced into this niche …

The Set
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 13:43 | No Comment
The Set

Exhumed from the annals of Australian celluloid by organisers of the queer film festival circuit, The Set is regarded as the first gay film made in Australia. Screened in 1970 …

Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 13:38 | No Comment
Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert

A gem of the AFC standard, Priscilla is one of the higher budget queer films produced in Australia. The concept of two drag queens and a transsexual ex-Les Girls performer …

Whole New Thing: Spinning the Flax
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 23:04 | No Comment
Whole New Thing: Spinning the Flax

Director Amnon Buchbinder’s describes the making of Whole New Thing as a challenge ‘to spin the flax into gold’: a draft script in two weeks, five days of pre-production, fifteen …

Strange Bedfellows: The Faux-Mo Choice
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 8:30 | No Comment
Strange Bedfellows: The Faux-Mo Choice

As the top Australian film in 2004 reaping a measly $4.8 million from Australian cinema audiences, Strange Bedfellows presents not only an interesting shift in audience reception to gay themes, …