Month: April 2017

Lists Best Movies of 2016, part 2

Best Movies of 2016, part 2

Featuring Spielberg at His Most Affectionate, A Classic Modern Musical and A Coming of Age Story for All Time   Following on from Part 1 of our belated but still totally relevant list of the best films that came out last year, here’s Part 2 in all its cinematic glory. Sidenote: as we were particularly thrilled …

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52 Films By Women 17. Somersault, directed by
Cate Shortland

17. Somersault, directed by
Cate Shortland

Conflict, Confusion and Connection in Somersault   In the same way that Miley Cyrus wears scrunchies and pigtails with thigh-high latex, Somersault perfectly captures that same contradiction between sexuality and juvenility. Heidi (Abbie Cornish) makes a mistake by “fooling around” with her mother’s boyfriend, in her fumbling search for affection and adulthood. When she’s sprung, the …

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Lists Best Movies of 2016, part 1

Best Movies of 2016, part 1

Featuring An Animated Treasure, A German Dramedy and An Alien Invasion Film Unlike Any Other   The best thing about being a movie fan living in Australia is that – with the considerable interval between North American releases and subsequent availability in the southern hemisphere – you’re always behind the curve, so you’ll never find yourself …

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Movies Get Out

Get Out

Jordan Peele’s Foray Into Horror Leans on the Humour Sparingly While Indulging in its Social Commentary   Get Out is not a subtle film. Every conversation throughout the movie is not so much underpinned by racial tension as it is openly inviting discomfort at how clumsily people (and, most specifically, white Americans) try to talk …

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52 Films By Women 16. The Dressmaker, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse

16. The Dressmaker, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse

Bitches Gonna Bitch, Stitches Gonna Stitch   Taking “small town hole” status to new extremes is Dungatar, the childhood home of Myrtle Dunnage (Kate Winslet). Within the first ten seconds of The Dressmaker the viewer understands that she had left, but is now returned, and that a ripple of memories lie unsettled, ready to be …

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Albums Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.

The Best Rapper Alive Returns With a Patchy But Strong Fourth LP, Once Again Affirming His Legendary Status   Listening to DAMN. over the course of the Easter long weekend, I couldn’t help feeling similarly to how I did two years ago when To Pimp a Butterfly dropped. Though there’s very little in the music here like …

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Music Kendrick’s DAMN. Just Dropped

Kendrick’s DAMN. Just Dropped

His Follow Up to 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly and Last Year’s untitled. unmastered. is Now Available to Stream   Kendrick Lamar – probably the greatest living rapper and, by extension, one of the best ever – has just released his new album, DAMN. You can stream it now on Spotify and Apple Music.

52 Films By Women 15. Money Monster,
directed by Jodie Foster

15. Money Monster,
directed by Jodie Foster

When You Give Advice That Turns Out to Be Shitty and They Come to Get Payback   If a good thriller makes you just as excited as it makes you bite off your fingernails, then you’ll love Money Monster. The key facts you need to know? Live television. Narcissistic, rich presenter. Gunman. Hostage situation. Bombs. …

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