Given director Guillermo del Toro’s catalogue of ornate gothic horror movies, it seems a film about a carnival freak show would be a career imperative. His latest movie, the confrontingly dark and creepy noir crime thriller, Nightmare Alley – which is a remake of the Edmund Goulding 1947 film – explores this unsettling and often sad world. Bradley Cooper stars
Read moreIn its odd but often very moving mix of refugee drama, quirky culture clash comedy, story of crushed hope and depiction of music as a source of salvation, Limbo at times recalls the lauded 2007 cross-cultural comedy-drama The Band’s Visit. Like that film, Limbo sees a group of people displaced from their homeland trying to cope with an unusual and
Read moreThe Gen X nostalgia mining continues with yet another sequel/ reboot of a 90’s favourite, in this case Scream. While just called Scream, this film actually marks the fourth sequel to the 1996 original (so it might be thought of as Scream 5) with Scream 4 having been released in 2011. The first Scream film was a successful attempt at
Read moreDocumentary I’m Wanita is one of those films that reveals a fascinating character living in our midst who most people, including this reviewer, knew nothing about. The film details the remarkable, troubled but courageous life of country singer Wanita Bahtiyar who is referred to as ‘Australia’s Queen of Honky Tonk’. Like its subject, the film has an engaging mix of
Read moreRound 11 passed by and did not sort anything much out but rather made the finals race even more congested in the top two Shield grades. SECA executive members Nick McMillan and Simon Poll joined the panel and spent plenty of time dissecting the round. Hear the full show by clicking the play button on the media player below.
Read moreIn this podcast from Friday on My Mind, Jeff Weir OAM, the Director of the Dolphin Research Institute, chats to Craig Francis around the health of our bay and our dolphins, as well as other marine life in Port Philip Bay.
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