Don’t be put off by the title, Hokum is a superbly creepy, atmospheric and inventive supernatural horror film that, without being too derivative, evokes classics such as The Shining. While this film employs familiar haunted house or in this case haunted hotel tropes, its writer director Damian McCarthy plays with these to craft a skin crawling experience that impressively promotes
Read moreWarwick Thornton is arguably Australia’s finest contemporary film director. With works such as Sampson and Delilah and Sweet Country he has crafted unflinching, gritty, yet poetic and masterfully constructed films celebrating First Nations Peoples while laying bare the often brutal prejudice inflicted on them. His latest film, Wolfram is a sequel of sorts to Sweet Country as Philomac (this time
Read moreThe Sheep Detectives is a very sweet, charming, family friendly mix of whodunit and anthropomorphised (CGI) animal comedy. Evoking Babe, Knives Out and Toy Story it would be hard for this film to go wrong and it doesn’t. Set in an idealised version of the English countryside in the village of Denbrook, the film stars Hugh Jackman as benevolent sheep
Read moreThe intense, atmospheric and darkly comic psychological/ supernatural thriller Obsession falls into the ‘careful what you wish for’ film subgenre. Like a much more sinister and violent Twilight Zone episode, the film sees lovelorn Bear (Michael Johnston) desperate for romance with his work colleague Nikki (Inde Navarrette). While at a shop selling crystals and other faith healing knicknacks, Bear, on
Read moreIn this edition of the Bayside Rotary Radio Show, Anne Cobham and Geoff Dobbs chat to Rob Pinchbeck about the Classic Car Show held at Firbank Grammar on March 22nd and they also talk to Brendan O’Neill from Warrnambool Central Rotary about Support for Drought Stricken Farmers.
Read moreHypnotic, atmospheric, inventive, visually striking and at times gut wrenching, Spanish/ French co-produced psychological drama Sirat should prove one of the year’s most memorable films. Sirat, sees despondent middle aged dad Luis (Sergi Lopez) and his young son Estaban (Bruno Núñez Arjona) in the unusual environment of a desert rave party in Morocco where Louis hopes to find his estranged
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