Tag: Alps
[FILM: Review] Alps
Alps is as black as a black comedy can get before it’s not a comedy anymore, but a Munchian scream into the abyss. With jokes. It’s a funny but disturbing modern fairytale by writer/director Giorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth), about middle-class Greeks who fill their lives with ersatz relationships, complete with 100% play-acted emotions. Are they scared of reality? Definitely. Does “real” even exist in a world like this? Maybe not. That’s a cold prospect, but Alps manages to turn down the temperature while being constantly engaging.
Posted: June 27th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 468, Film Reviews, New.
Tags: Alps, Giorgos Lanthimos, Nikos Andronicos, Sydney Film Festival 2012
[SFF: Hitlists] David Stratton (ABC’s At The Movies)
DAVID STRATTON (ABC’s At The Movies)
A cinephile who needs no introduction.
Posted: June 5th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 464 (May 28), Film Reviews, Sydney Film Festival 2012.
Tags: A Simple Life, ABC's At The Movies, Alps, Ann Hui, David Stratton, Gerardo Naranjo, Maïwenn, Miss Bala, Not Suitable For Children, Polisse, Recommended, SFF, Sydney Film Festival, Templeman, Yorgos Lanthimos
Omar Souleyman, James Locksmith, Alps @ The Annandale Hotel, Saturday March 12
OMAR SOULEYMAN, JAMES LOCKSMITH, ALPS It’s hardly necessary to know who Omar Souleyman is to dance yourself into a state of euphoric exhaustion, but it probably helps. Coming off the back of a turbo-charged appearance at WOMADELAIDE the night before, the number one pop star of his native Syria (self-proclaimed – not that you’d want [...]
Posted: March 28th, 2011 under Brag 404 (March 21), Live Reviews, Music.
Tags: Alps, James Locksmith, Oliver Downes, Omar Souleyman, The Brag