A movie review: The Whistleblower
The war in Bosnia has been the focus of what seems to me a surprisingly large number of good films, from the farce of No Man’s Land to the drama of Welcome to Sarajevo. However, rather than the war itself, [...]
Critical (film) cultures
<img src="http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/doomsday460.jpg" align=left Part of the whole “death of the newspaper” narrative arc (though not the current focus on Google as a supposedly evil aggregator, driven by the commercial interests of news corporations) is the purported death of the critic. [...]
Lazy Sunday! (Thesis finishing edition)
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all! Although it’s been uni break over the last week, I’ve been a busy [...]
Film as a guide to life: the thread we had to have
Never let it be said that this blog lets a good idea from its commenters go to waste. Even when that good idea emerges in response to a monotonous manifestation of the enormous ego of one of the blogosphere’s most [...]
Guest post by Aaron Darc: Morgan and the Multiplex
Aaron Darc, whose work will be familiar to LPers from his incarnation as Eye on Big Brother, recently interviewed film maker Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock came to prominence with Super Size Me and his new film Where in the World is [...]
On falling in love with Ally Sheedy
… Yes, it’s true, Winona was not my first love. The old teev during the non-ratings season has been a bit of a write off, which in many ways isn’t a bad thing. But I have enjoyed a lot of [...]
Free your inner Winona
<img src= "http://larvatusprodeo.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/freewinona.JPG" According to Yen Magazine, the 90s are back. Or something. (Actually from a bit of shopping recently, I think the 80s are back – skinny knit ties or puffy sleeved dresses, anyone?)… Anyway, since the last time [...]
The best films of all time?
“With a song like ‘Sex Farm’, we’re taking a sophisticated view of the idea of sex and…putting it on a farm.” (Derek Smalls, This is Spinal Tap) A special edition of Total Film magazine contains a list of the “Top [...]
The Silent Flute
… is on the ABC now! For all kitsch martial arts film lovers. Wacky film – Bruce Lee wrote the screenplay in 69 with James Coburn but they had a falling out, and it wasn’t made until 78, after Lee’s [...]
Dixie Chicks told to "Shut Up & Sing"
When Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks, made an off-the-cuff comment about President George W. Bush at a gig in London in 2003 she never would’ve imagined it’d become such a defining moment for herself and her band. [...]
Constructing Fear
During one of the speeches that preceded the screening of Constructing Fear last night at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne, it was pointed out that both the ABC and SBS were unwilling to have a look at the original version of the documentary, let [...]
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