Somewhere in between tiresome and loathsome, the Brit teen comedy The Inbetweeners might raise a few sniggers with fans and its target audience of 17-year-old boys, but it’s too gross, too blunt, too puerile to provide much entertainment for anyone else. Yes, it does manage to capture some of the dreadful awkwardness of being a […]
Based on the true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan freedom fighter who went back to primary school in order to learn to read, this is an uplifting, romanticised and gently-paced film infused with the dry beauty of the Kenyan landscape and powered by the moist-eyed performance of Oliver Litondo in the title role.
In the cynical, economically driven world we find ourselves in, there’s always a special place for the uncomplicated optimist, and Paul Rudd beams warmly through this mildly amusing comedy as just that – an innocent abroad, causing havoc as he speaks his childlike mind and misreads others’ behaviour. A sit-com with good intentions, the excellent […]
Just when you thought it might be safe to get back into the waters of Aussie male culture, along comes a doco reaffirming the hard-drinking, hard-partying, hard-fighting values of good ol’ fashioned mateship. Fighting Fear is all that and some truly incredible surfing, as Bra Boys director Macario De Souza follows the friendship of Mark […]
One of the most magical and moving personal portraits you’ll ever see, this charming documentary film follows the legendary 80 year-old fashion photographer Bill Cunningham – a man who is still spotting trends on the streets of the New York, getting around in his trademark blue jacket on a bicycle. Despite Cunningham being intensely reclusive […]
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