Shayda – a film about spousal abuse in immigrant communities
Shayda is an immigrant Iranian in Australia hiding from her abusive husband at a women’s refuge. GARY STEEL reports on a sobering film.
Scrapper – she’s a cute kid but she’s in trouble
Georgie’s got a dead mum and a dad she never knew she had. GARY STEEL spends 84 minutes watching what happens.
Hallelujah – a flawed film about a songwriting genius and just one song
REBEKAH DAVIES reviews a fascinating but problematic film about a songwriting genius and a song covered to the point of meaninglessness.
Pil’s Adventures – magical medieval madcap mayhem
GARY STEEL and his brood enjoy watching a film about a girl and her ravenous weasels set in medieval France.
NZIFF 2020 – Corpus Christi REVIEW
In Corpus Christi a loser ex-con gets mistaken for a priest and brings a small Polish village to life. GARY STEEL loved every minute
NZIFF 2020 – Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets REVIEW
It’s a bit like having a perpetual hangover, but GARY STEEL just can’t stop mulling over the sozzled, discarded clientele of the bar that
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire – REVIEW
PAUL ROSE is charmed by a slow-burning, forbidden 19th Century romance that's as devilishly subtle as it is seductive
Ride Like A Girl Review – A Horse With No Mane
TOBY WOOLLASTON reviews a film about Australia’s first winning female jockey and finds that it's a bit sloppy in the saddle.
Mystify: Michael Hutchence REVIEW
Was Michael Hutchence's life ruled by excess or simply touched by bad luck? PAUL ROSE reviews a film made by a friend of the
Lost & Found REVIEW
There's no pot of gold to be found at the end of this laboured and uneven set of Irish tales, writes TOBY WOOLLASTON
Sex, Lies & Gaffer Tape
TOBY WOOLLASTON looks to the magic of cinema to shed some light on the murky waters of gender and sexuality.
Love, Art And Rheumatoid Arthritis
SHELLEY SWEENEY goes through a box of tissues watching the remarkable true-life story of painter Maud Lewis.
A Ghost Story FILM REVIEW
A film that’s original, unconventional and quite sublime, A Ghost Story did it big-time for TOBY WOOLLASTON
6 Days FILM REVIEW
It was a siege that forever changed the way governments dealt with terrorist situations, and now it’s a film reviewed by SHELLEY SWEENEY.
McLaren FILM REVIEW
McLaren is anything but just another film about a car-racing driver, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE
TV IS KILLING THE CINEMA STAR
Cinema attendance is at an all-time low, and PAT PILCHER reckons he knows why.
The Founder FILM REVIEW
Michael Keaton plays a bad guy well in this true-to-life story of how the McDonald’s fast food franchise was built, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
Age & The Auteur
Easy Rider, Head, Five Easy Pieces... Gary Steel has been mulling about an extraordinary time for the motion picture.
Drive (Pinnacle Films) FILM REVIEW
Drive may just be motion picture of the year for an otherwise cinematically impoverished Gary Steel
From The Archives – Stuck On Poo!
Gary Steel comes face to face with Peter Farrelly, the man who brought sick gags and gagging to the movie mainstream.
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