Archive for 'Sydney Film Festival 2011'
[Sydney Film Festival 2011: Review] Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Tucker & Dale vs Evil (CANADA) Dir. Eli Craig Screening: Sat Jun 18 A romantic comedy. With chainsaws. That’s Tucker & Dale vs Evil – kind of – a gory and surprisingly sweet horror-comedy that’s could be described as the Shaun of the Dead of slasher pics. More irreverent that Edgar Wright’s dry dose of genius, [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2011 under Arts, Sydney Film Festival 2011.
Tags: Joshua Blackman, Sydney Film Festival, The Brag, Tucker & Dale vs Evil
[Sydney Film Festival 2011: Review] Kill List
Kill List (UK) Dir. Ben Wheatley Release TBA, Info For the second time this festival I was slumming it in the festival’s genre hub – Event Cinemas 8, George St – while everyone else was off at the State Theatre enjoying the big movie of the evening, Terrence Malick’s much anticipated Tree of Life. On [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2011 under Arts, Sydney Film Festival 2011.
Tags: Joshua Blackman, Kill List, Sydney Film Festival, The Brag
[Sydney Film Festival 2011: Review] Win Win
Win Win (USA) Dir. Thomas McCarthy Screening: Sat Jun 19 One of the big, erm, winners from the Sundance Film Festival in January, Win Win is a delightfully funny dramedy that finds a nice balance between a clichéd indie sensibility and something more realistic. Never quite going exactly where you expect it to – though [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2011 under Arts, Sydney Film Festival 2011.
Tags: Joshua Blackman, Sydney Film Festival, The Brag, Win Win
[Sydney Film Festival 2011: Review] Hanna
Hanna (GER, UK, USA) Dir. Joe Wright Released July 28 Days 5-8 of the festival have been quiet in comparison to the bustle of the weekend, but one thing that’s remained the same is the miserable weather. Really, Sydney? This is the show you put on for our international guests? Eight straight days of rain? [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2011 under Arts, Sydney Film Festival 2011.
Tags: Hanna, Joshua Blackman, Sydney Film Festival, The Brag
[Sydney Film Festival 2011: Review] Target (Official Competition)
Target (RUSSIA) Dir. Alexander Zeldovich Screenings/info. The unbearable lightness of being eternally young and happy. The Sydney Film Festival Official Competition is supposed to showcase ‘audacious’ approaches to subject matter – and Target definitely falls on the bizarre end of that spectrum. Alexander Zeldovich’s Official Competition contender is co-written by the director and Wladimir Sorokin, [...]
Posted: June 14th, 2011 under Arts, Sydney Film Festival 2011.
Tags: Alexander Zeldovich, Dee Jefferson, Mishen, Sydney Film Festival, Target