If the film industry were a playground and the Hollywood studios were the popular kids, Blue Harvest would be the kids dressing like them in a desperate attempt to be ‘accepted’. Nobody likes those kids. Read more »
Posts By: Adam Goodall
Extended Review- Cabin in the Woods
Ed’s note: This review is an extended version of that which appeared in the print ...Read more »
Review – The Cabin In The Woods
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s canny horror-comedy will feel familiar to anyone with a passing interest in contemporary horror cinema—Cabin’s narrative games and thematic concerns recall Madness, Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber and Wes Craven’s Scream, among others. Read more »
Meeting Bully Boy, Lee Hirsch
Earlier this year, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was revealed to have bullied fellow students during his time at the elite Cranbrook School, allegedly targeting one student because of his “nonconformity and presumed homosexuality”. Read more »
The Salient International Film Festival Diary Part 4
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL Dir: Miyazaki Reviewed by Adam Goodall Goro Miyazaki’s second chance to ...Read more »
Review – Bully
That said, for a film that gives a lot of screen time to people seeking wide-sweeping solutions, Bully’s scope feels awfully limited. Hirsch confronts us with the significant impact of this cruelty, but he, like the parents of his subjects, is quick to put responsibility at the feet of the school system. Read more »
The Salient International Film Festival Diary Part 3
ROOM 237 Dir: Rodney Ascher Reviewed by Callum McDougal A film about The Shining, and ...Read more »
The Salient International Film Festival Diary Part 2
THE TASTE OF MONEY Dir: Im Reviewed by Adam Goodall Im Sang-soo’s latest festival film is ...Read more »
NZFF Review – The Law In These Parts
As a precis of the problems with the legal system governing occupied Palestine, Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s documentary is effective; as a call to arms against an unjust system, it’s emotive and persuasive. Read more »
The Salient Wellington International Film Festival Diary
BULLY Dir: Hirsch Reviewed by Adam Goodall Actually saw this a couple of weeks ago ...Read more »
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