Archive for 'Sydney Film Festival 2012'
[SFF 2012: Review] Neighbouring Sounds
Screening info HERE. For Australian audiences, the Brazilian Neighbouring Sounds might be somewhat of a curiosity. Sure, its middle-class setting is instantly familiar, with nuclear families surrounded by all the mod-cons. But then you notice the bars on the windows. And I’m not talking Surry Hills-style wrought-iron deco numbers. These bars are thick. The debut [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2012 under Arts, Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Neighbouring Sounds, Nikos Andronicos, Sydney Film Festival
[SFF 2012: Review] The Comedy
Screening info HERE. If you were in your mid-20s when LCD Sound System’s Losing My Edge came out, then you’d be 35 this year. That’s ten years of adult-grade hipster irony – an eternity for the generation that measures time by 15-minute Hype Machine updates. One can only hope that somewhere along the line, you [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2012 under Arts, Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Nikos Andronicos, Sydney Film Festival, The Comedy, Tim Heidecker
Screening info HERE. Also releasing in cinemas through Palace. A rule of thumb has emerged at this year’s fest: if it’s in 4:3, run – don’t walk. The boxy aspect ratio has already corralled to great effect the putrid fug of Aleksander Sokurov’s Faust, where it served to cramp the vile against the viler, leaving [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2012 under Arts, Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Gerard Elson, Sydney Film Festival, Tabu
[SFF 2012: Review] Dead Europe
Screening info HERE. Also releasing in cinemas through Transmission I haven’t read the Christos Tsiolkas novel on which this film is based, but I’d like to; I feel like I’ve seen the skeleton of an animal, and now I want to know what it looked like and how it lived. In this adaptation by Tony [...]
Posted: June 15th, 2012 under Arts, Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Dead Europe, Dee Jefferson, Sydney Film Festival
[SFF 2012: Review] Polisse
Screening info HERE. Also releasing on June 28, through Curious. If you thought they couldn’t make a comedy about pedophiles, you’re in for a surprise. Polisse isn’t just about pedophiles – there’s incest too. And it’s not just a comedy, but also a drama, a police procedural and a romance. OK, it’s more about the [...]
Posted: June 14th, 2012 under Arts, Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: Nikos Andronicos, Polisse, Sydney Film Festival