http://www.screenfanatic.com/ Screen Fanatic en Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:22:00 GMT Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:22:00 GMT info@screenfanatic.com info@screenfanatic.com http://www.screenfanatic.com/tomorrow-when-the-war-began-film-review/ Good looking young jeans-models trying to emote in times of great duress usually leads to cinematic disaster of comical proportions. Thankfully, in the much-anticipated adaptation of John Marsden's series-opener, the... http://www.screenfanatic.com/tomorrow-when-the-war-began-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/tomorrow-when-the-war-began-film-review/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:22:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-kids-are-all-right-film-review/ Lisa Cholodenko's early films High Art (1998), and Laurel Canyon (2002) were interesting but failed ventures, admirable at least for their determinedly indie sensibilities and strength of characterisation. The Kids... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-kids-are-all-right-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-kids-are-all-right-film-review/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:13:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-killer-inside-me-film-review/ British director Michael Winterbottom continues to impress with the diversity of his prolific output. On the heels of his exotic and ghostly family dissolution drama Genova (2009) comes a first... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-killer-inside-me-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-killer-inside-me-film-review/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:44:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/piranha-2010-film-review/ A stupendous fifteen minute orgy of gory indulgence saves Piranha from the doldrums of remake hell. Everything else about Alexandre Aja's regurgitation of Joe Dante's 1978 B-grade favourite reeks of... http://www.screenfanatic.com/piranha-2010-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/piranha-2010-film-review/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:24:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/there-were-nights-film-review/ A troubled father-daughter relationship is placed under the microscope in Ron Ninio's leisurely paced, undernourished drama There Were Nights. Ninio uses two intertwining time strands to chart the early influence... http://www.screenfanatic.com/there-were-nights-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/there-were-nights-film-review/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:31:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/father-of-my-children-film-review/ Mia Hansen-Love's latest film, a moving portrait of family life in two parts - before and after a traumatic event - makes for grippingly real drama. Gregoire (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing... http://www.screenfanatic.com/father-of-my-children-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/father-of-my-children-film-review/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:19:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-clinic-film-review/ A plodding, determinedly B-grade horror film that can barely muster a scenario not ripped from dozens of superior films, The Clinic (2010) is the debut of writer and director James... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-clinic-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-clinic-film-review/ Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:48:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/a-matter-of-size-film-review/ Not everything that registers on the radar of Israeli filmmakers need be darkness without light. To redress the imbalance, here's a feel-good comedy designed with broad appeal in mind. An... http://www.screenfanatic.com/a-matter-of-size-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/a-matter-of-size-film-review/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:12:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/phobidilia-film-review/ A tragic, cautionary tale of our over-reliance on means of interaction with the world that eschew actual human contact, Phobidilia (2009) is the debut of the Paz brothers, Doron and... http://www.screenfanatic.com/phobidilia-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/phobidilia-film-review/ Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:31:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-certified-copy-caterpillar/ Certified Copy A new film from Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami is always a significant event. His latest, Certified Copy, is living proof of how cinema can be substantially elevated through... http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-certified-copy-caterpillar/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-certified-copy-caterpillar/ Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:49:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-boy-dream-home-the-strange-case-of-angelica/ Boy After taking the New Zealand box-office by storm, Taika Waititi's heart-warming comedy Boy will soon be attempting to win just as many hearts across the Tasman. Set in 1984... http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-boy-dream-home-the-strange-case-of-angelica/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-boy-dream-home-the-strange-case-of-angelica/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:41:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-lebanon-the-wind-journeys-symbol/ Lebanon One of the most tense, claustrophobic experiences you'll ever have in a cinema, Lebanon depicts the traumatic journey of four young Israeli soldiers into war-torn territory in 1982. Nearly... http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-lebanon-the-wind-journeys-symbol/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-lebanon-the-wind-journeys-symbol/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:33:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-enter-the-void-mammuth/ Enter the Void Gasper Noe's reputation as one of world's cinema's most polarizing directors has been done no disservice by his long awaited follow-up to a pair of graphic and... http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-enter-the-void-mammuth/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-enter-the-void-mammuth/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:32:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-expendables-film-review/ Sly Stallone's long-anticipated nostalgic action romp is indeed old-school entertainment at its finest. In a nutshell: blowin' shit up for the spectacular eye-candy that it is whilst a conglomerate of... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-expendables-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-expendables-film-review/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:43:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-the-unloved-poetry/ The Unloved Samantha Morton's directorial debut is another bleak tale of domestic dysfunction from that familiar sphere of gritty British drama occupied most notably by Ken Loach and Mike Leigh... http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-the-unloved-poetry/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/miff-2010-the-unloved-poetry/ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:52:00 GMT