Tag: Essie Davis

The Babadook | Review

Consequences of Grief: Kent’s Stunning Debut Wades Through Primordial Fears Satisfying genre films are generally few and far between these days, so it’s with absolute...

Nitram | Review

A Pleasure to Burn: Kurzel Explores the Making of a Murderer in Disturbing Portrait On April 28, 1996, lone gunman Martin Bryant shot and killed...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2021: #9. Justin Kurzel’s Nitram

Nitram Produced by Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell Directed by Justin Kurzel Written by Shaun Grant Starring: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia   Release Date/Prediction: Australia...

Babyteeth | Review

Death Comes for the Ozzie Frippet: Murphy Looks to Love Amidst Dysfunction in Cancer Melodrama Precocious teens represent a burgeoning film subgenre all to themselves---and...

True History of the Kelly Gang | Review

The Ned Don’t Die: Kurzel Returns to Form with Exploration of Infamous Outlaw It’s been nearly 140 years since the execution of Ned Kelly, Australia’s...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #52. The True History of the Kelly Gang – Justin Kurzel

The True History of the Kelly Gang Justin Kurzel returns to Australia for his fourth feature, The True History of the Kelly Gang, following on...

The Babadook | Blu-ray Review

Jennifer Kent’s disturbing directorial debut The Babadook arrives on Blu-ray this week, scoring some of the most critically acclaimed notices ever for a recent...

Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead) & Adam Wingard (The Guest) Make Return to Park City at Midnight Section

I had a hunch that Cooties (read here) and Adam Wingard's The Guest (read here) might make it into what appears to be a...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...