Metro Australia – July 2019

Above:BestfriendsTyler (AliaShawkat)andLaura (Holliday Grainger) ...

AUSTRALIANAND NEW ZEALAND CINEMA THISPOIGNANTDRAMEDYABOUTANINSEPARABLEPAIR OFWOMENOFFERSVIEWERSSCENESOFDEBAUCHERY, DRAMAANDDEEP- ...

PORTRAYINGDECADENCEANDDECAYIN EQUALMEASURE,HYDE’SFILMLAYSOUT THEROADMAPOFHETERONORMATIVE ADULTHOODANDASKS,‘BUTWHATIF YOU CHOOSE ...

Surroundedbyracksofblisteringlywhitedresses,Tyler (AliaShawkat)reachesforhersunniesandacceptsthe shopassistant’sofferofchampagne ...

shoesandspotlesswhiteshirtforcluesastohisintentions. Barelycontainingherdisdain,sheaskshim,‘Whatkindof personareyou?’Attwenty­ni ...

although,accordingtoLauzen,femalecharacterscur­ rently only make up 31 per cent of all blockbusterleads (up from 2017’s24 per ce ...

ANDMATTHEWVICTOR PASTOR’SMELODRAMA/ RANDOM / MELBOURNE! City KNOWNAMONGINDEPENDENTSCREEN CIRCLESFORHISINVENTIVEFILMMAKING, MATTH ...

Melodrama/ Random/ Melbourne!(2018)is anelectri­ fyinglycontemporaryfilm. Its prolificdirector,Matthew VictorPastor,has embraced ...

childhoodfriend AndrewTran (creditedpseudonymously as FergusCronkite)and accompaniedby karaoke-style lyrics on screen.This, too, ...

MovieDatabase(IMDb)lists fourteendirectorialcreditsfor the thirty-year-oldPastor,who proveshimselfever prolific in the pace of h ...

INFILM,IT’SNOTUNCOMMONFORDEPICTIONSOF AGGRESSIONANDSUFFERINGTOBEDEPLOYEDWITH POLITICALINTENT,PARTICULARLYWHENTHEREIS A CLEARLYDE ...

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It’s not a big surprisethat a film likeReflectionsin the Dust (Luke Sullivan,2018) might court controversy.In an era of monolith ...

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post-apocalypticwithoutsuch assistancefrom the filmmak- ers (if anything,I would’veguessedthat the psychologically unstablefathe ...

allegory’.That promisesthat its visionof sufferingwill be drivenby adeepermessage (in this case, regardingvio- lence againstwome ...

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Youcancertainlyfeeltheheat,sweatandbloodseepingthrough BurningKiss(2018),writer/directorRobbieStudsor’ssexy,sur- realself-pegged ...

Crimefilms are commonin Australiancinema;however,Burning Kissappearsto be moregearedtowardsstylisedneo-noir.Is this point of dif ...

Lady in a Cage[WalterGrauman,1964] – it’s perhapsmy favouriteopeningever,[nextto]thestartofBlue Velvet– whichautomaticallydialst ...