Movies

Whoever coined the empty, almost universally quoted retort to bullies “Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” was clearly lacked in some form of meaningful self-awareness. The truth is that while our bodies can usually repair themselves physically in fairly short order, the damage Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTOrogonia is an award-winning timelapse film by Spanish filmmaker Enrique Pacheco that takes a wondrous journey through the mountains of the European highlands while contemplating their long history. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Encompassing the stunning scenery of seven countries, Orogonia by Spanish filmmaker Enrique Pacheco not only look stunningly beautiful Continue Reading

Who hasn’t wished at one time or another (usually a stultifyingly bland and boring time or another) for the world to be a little more magical or whimsical or quirky? All of us have, bar those who like things neatly and solidly utilitarian, which is probably why the films of Continue Reading

Nothing quite sparkles like a brilliantly-effected Jane Austen adaptation. A captivatingly good writer who managed to combine romantic comedy with incisive social commentary, Austen’s books are ripe for translation to the big and small screen, full of warmth, witty banter, arch parody and a cutting way with words that strikes Continue Reading

Perhaps Lauren Eden, a Melbourne poet with a gift for elegant, exquisitely well-expressed lines said it best when she observed in her collection Of Yesteryear that “We live in the small spaces between our words / hiding between the said / and all we cannot say.” There is an ocean Continue Reading

The possibilities of cinema are endlessly expansive. For every serious, Oscar-worthy film, there are equally well-made films that are full of quirk and wonder and a glimpse of the human condition told through wholly different and welcomingly offbeat eyes. These three films, all coming to a cinema or streaming service Continue Reading

Cinema, for all the nuance it brings to some of its storytelling, loves extremes. Especially when it comes to love where we are either treated to the glories and wonders of love true love in all its candy-coloured euphoria or the very darkest, bleakest end of times where the once Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTA teenage girl is staring at herself in a mirror. She doesn’t like what she sees; fat, skinny, ugly, she looks like a monster. Maybe she should just take a step back and realize she’s not that monstrous. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Seeing ourselves as we really are is never Continue Reading