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Now on Blu-ray in Australia: RUROUNI KENSHIN Is Amazing
Rurouni Kenshin basically defied all expectations and exploded onto screens as one of the most exciting, vibrant and fresh anime live-action visions ever. We reviewed it at Sitges film festival last year, and our correspondent Guillem had nothing but good... More »
  

Melbourne Cinematheque Review: VIVRE SA VIE Is Godard, Karina Perfection
Welcome back to my ongoing coverage of the Melbourne Cinematheque's fantastic program for 2013. Here I will be reviewing the first film per season (month). This month I took a look at Vivre Sa Vie (My Life to Live) (1962),... More »
  

Review: TRANCE Juggles All The Elements, Drops The Ball
Trance is the latest genre-riffic attempt from wunderkind Danny Boyle, the director that came into mainstream acclaim from Slumdog Millionaire but was making great films well before. Stuck in a 90's state of mind, Trance follows Londoners connected in a... More »
  

BERSERK: THE EGG OF THE KING Hits Blu-ray And DVD In Australia
Berserk: The Egg of the King is part of the Golden Age Arc trilogy of Berserk feature-length films encapsulating the best of the original anime and manga series. The first film which played as part of Madman's Reel Anime film... More »
  

Review: BLINDER Fails To Engage On Any Level
Shot around Torquay, Victoria, Blinder is the story of a disgraced ex-footballer Tom Dunn (Oliver Ackland) who after a ten year stint away from home returns to face the scandal that tore his town apart. Embracing the life lessons his... More »
  

Hey Australia! Win This Awesome BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO DVD/Blu/Vinyl Combo!
Madman Entertainment are releasing the terrifically bizarre Berberian Sound Studio on DVD and Blu-ray on March 13th. To celebrate we are offering four lucky readers based in Australia a DVD or Blu-ray of the film and most awesomely the original soundtrack on... More »
  

Review: TRIAL OF THE ROAD Is A Brilliant Absurdist Condemnation
Welcome back to my ongoing coverage of the Melbourne Cinematheque's fantastic program for 2013. Here, I will be reviewing the first film each season (month). This month I took a look at Trial of the Road (1971), the first of... More »
  

Review: Stephen Chow's JOURNEY TO THE WEST: CONQUERING THE DEMONS Dazzles, Frightens, and Still Tickles the Funny Bone
Frequently adapted for the big screen, the latest version of Journey to the West has quickly become one of the highest grossing films in China's box office history. That's not surprising, really, given the recent penchant for black comedy in... More »
  

Review: THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA, Kinoshita Keisuke's Parable Of Age
The Ballad of Narayama (1958) is the first film of Japanese director Kinoshita Keisuke's season as part of the Melbourne Cinematheque program. Running from February 13-27, his retrospective of conservative post-war films highlights a Japan in crisis, but through expertly mixing... More »
  

Review: MOVIE 43 Asks the God of Comedy, "Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"
Movie 43 really is an irredeemable experience. As you leave the cinema, you may curse the heavens and cry out, "Why?! Why, oh why, Comedy, did you allow yourself to be violated by the flaccid members of unoriginal, conventional and... More »
  

Siren Visual Releases The Complete Collection of Detective-Twist Anime UN-GO On Australian DVD
Un-Go is the latest from the team behind anime smash Full Metal Alchemist and operates on a completely different level, although retaining the signature clean and cool BONES animation. Twitch colleague Charles Webb covered the US BluRay release extensively in his excellent review, the... More »
  

Melbourne Cinematheque's 2013 Program Illuminates Japan, Continues Strong Throughout the Year
The Melbourne Cinematheque has been broadening the minds of film fans for many years now and its incredibly diverse yearly program showcases directors, actors and countries across the spectrum. This year, it looks set to educate and enlighten both cinephiles... More »
  

Out Now On Australian DVD: PROHIBITION Is The Last Word On This Era
Prohibition is a documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. If you have seen or heard of Boardwalk Empire then you will probably pick this up as it expands on the snippet of complexity depicted in the HBO... More »
  

Out Now On Australian DVD: AMERICA IN PRIMETIME Is Informative, Not Definitive
America In Primetime is a PBS documentary program that assumes that the new Golden Age of television is now. While it is true that more sophisticated plot-based serials are 'mostly' being created today than yesteryear, this four-parter only half succeeds... More »
  

Out Now on Australian DVD: MOTORWAY Is A Stunt Masterpiece
Sean (Shawn Yue) is an overconfident rookie with a need for speed. He works for a covert police unit consisting of the best drivers in the force specifically tackling underworld racing and fugitives on the run. Jensen (Guo Xiaodong) is... More »
  

JFF Review: DREAMS FOR SALE Has Lingering Thoughts On Humanity
I caught Dreams for Sale as part of the fantastic lineup of the Japanese Film Festival in Melbourne (and other places in Australia). I feel compelled to write about it as it has stayed with me since viewing it.There is... More »
  

Review: JACK REACHER Punches Its Way Across Genres
Tom Cruise takes on the role of the antihero Jack Reacher whole-heartedly in this film based on the popular series of the same name by Lee Child. The plot, taken from the first ninth * novel of the series, One... More »
  

Ten Quick Questions For SIGHTSEERS Director Ben Wheatley
Sightseers is the latest twisted horror comedy effort from Ben Wheatley. After a strikingly original debut with a crime family in utter dysfunction with Down Terrace and then having shocked festivals with the brutal and unforgiving Kill List, he turned... More »
  

Out Now on Australian DVD: THE BRIDGE Is A Suspenseful And Intelligent Eurocrime Saga
Madman Entertainment have been on an amazing roll with Eurocrime television series these last few years, polished and adult shows that never take the trope procedural route. Ensuring Australia does not miss out on gems like The Killing (the original... More »
  

Out Now On Australian DVD: UNDEFEATED Will Touch Your Heart
Undefeated won this year's academy award for best documentary, and after just one viewing of this focused, genuine and gripping film it is not hard to see why.It is out now in Australia on DVD thanks to Madman Entertainment, and... More »
  
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