Monthly Archives: August 2014

Through a Lens Darkly Offers Insight, but Little Art

Posted on August 21, 2014 by

Thomas Allen Harris’ Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People feels more like an element of an art exhibit more than a stand-alone film. It’s unsurprising to learn that it is adapted from a book … Continue reading →

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Falling for Fell

Posted on August 19, 2014 by

The way the Australian film industry is at the moment, it’s hardly surprising that there have been several filmmakers this year alone that are finding exceptional and even complex ways of telling minimal stories. One such film was Aaron Wilson’s … Continue reading →

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The Boys of Summer… Suddenly, Last Summer.

Posted on August 12, 2014 by

I wonder if it’s for the best that the trilogy of acclaimed Tennessee Williams plays of the 1950s were all directed by different people, lest their power with themes of the repressed queer, simmering madness, and familial tensions be put … Continue reading →

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California Dreamy in Curio L for Leisure

Posted on August 7, 2014 by

A hipster’s paradise. A societal mix-tape art project that utilises dream-like ‘90s aesthetics to tell the seemingly disconnected lives of young people at leisure. Set to the cooing sounds of a retro synth-pop soundtrack by John Atkinson and highly stylized, … Continue reading →

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Buying and Selling in Ukraine

Posted on August 1, 2014 by

The necessity for and the corruptibility of modern political activism is portrayed with beautiful formal imagery and slick editing in Ukraine is Not a Brothel. An Australian and Ukrainian co-production is directed by Kitty Green – whose only previous credit … Continue reading →

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