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For a director as venerable as Martin Scorsese, arguably the greatest living filmmaker, pinpointing one of his cinematic masterpieces as his best will always be essentially impossible. Having covered such a wide range of genres over his career, there will never be a definitive consensus, however his 1990 film GoodFellas presents possibly the most compelling [...]
Similar to last year’s The Social Network, Middle Men offers another online phenomenon (this time the rise of internet porn) as the basis for a tale of greed, deception and the vast financial rewards to be reaped from it all (all at the cost of everything else, of course). It’s a sprightly, if derivative yarn [...]
Marking the directorial debut of writer-director David Michôd, Animal Kingdom is a classic crime drama, showcasing extraordinary acting, inspiring directing and the best of Australian cinema. The film centres on 17-year-old Joshua (James Frecheville) as he is thrown into the deep end when forced to move in with his grandmother, Janine ‘Smurf’ Cody (Jacki Weaver), and [...]
Martin Scorsese has been sharing his thoughts about 3D and how it may factor into the future of the big screen experience. Chatting to Mark Kermode in The Observer last week, the Goodfellas auteur sees the tool as potentially revolutionising what we see. “Every shot is rethinking cinema, rethinking narrative – how to tell a [...]
I have been lentil-lovingly vegetarian for over twenty years, yet eighty minutes into a screening at Sony last week I was hit with the alarming and overwhelming urge to see a roast duck dismembered. What fresh madness was this? The power of film my friends. Essential to the climax of Julie & Julia (reviewed here) [...]
