The 21st century has been largely defined by the digital image. Analogue photography has retreated from the mainstream and has found its following among the world’s film enthusiasts. Kodachrome is… Read More
Review: Kodachrome / Amy
Category: American Essentials Film Festival
Review: Killer Of Sheep and Wattstax / American Essentials FF / Dylan
This year, the American Essentials Film Festival has screened a fascinating double feature of two landmark films in African-American cinema; the “Black Woodstock” documentary Wattstax, and Charles Burnett’s independent, neorealist… Read More
American Essentials Film Festival / 8 – 20 May 2018
The American Essentials Film Festival returns this May to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra with a specially curated selection of American cinema from the Festival circuit. Good news – most films… Read More
Review: Outside In / American Essentials Film Festival / Arran
Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass’ Outside In (2018) tells the story of an ex-con reimmersed into his hometown after 20 years of being in prison. When reading the synopsis of… Read More
Review: Wiener-Dog / American Essentials Film Festival / Bill
Wiener-Dog is the polar opposite of what you’d expect from a seemingly harmless movie about an unintelligent, but very cute Dachshund. Todd Solondz’s film explores the lives of four different people… Read More
Review: Becoming Bond / American Essentials Film Festival / Bill
Filmmaker Josh Greenbaum’s Becoming Bond tells the story of George Lazenby, the forgotten 007. The film is based on a single interview with the 76-year-old Lazenby, as he looks back… Read More
Review and Analysis: Mulholland Drive / American Essentials Film Festival / Nick
Mulholland Drive (2001) – dir. David Lynch Review and Analysis by Nick Ward One of my favourite films of all time, and often considered a masterpiece, Mulholland Drive topped BBC’s… Read More
Review: Donald Cried / American Essentials Film Festival / Kena
Not gonna lie – for the first half hour of this film I was just about to stop watching. There was too much silence, too much unknown, and too much awkwardness.… Read More
Review: Daveyon / American Essentials Film Festival / Jasper
“Stupid rocks, stupid concrete, stupid people.” Jaded, isolated and unforgiving, Dayveon depicts a contemporary portrayal of poverty’s impact on young society. Zoning in on the life of mislead cynic and 13-year-old… Read More
Review: From Nowhere / Tiana
With increasing relevance in a world where our basic empathy towards one another is often disrupted due to social constructs, persuasive political agendas and ignorance, From Nowhere delicately humanizes and… Read More