Sometimes, the path to winning is a bumpy road. In Quiz Show, Anne (Awkwafina) is a straight-laced and brilliant woman who’s struggling to make friends at work. Living alone with her dog, her greatest joy in life is watching her favourite quiz show on television. Although uninspiring, Anne’s life is in order… until further drama with…
Telling the story of an artist like David Bowie requires more than just the facts. Directed by Brett Morgan, Moonage Daydream is a fitting tribute to an eclectic artist with a mythical mind. Heralded as a musician, painter, actor and world traveler, David Bowie was a man of immeasurable talent and creativity. Six years after his death, Daydream taps…
Written by Dana Stevens and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King follows the Agojie, an all-female warrior group led by General Nanisca (Viola Davis) as they train and fight to protect their land and their people. The film is set in Dahomey, the modern day Republic of Benin, during Europe?s colonisation of the African…
When I heard that a new West Side Story was due to premiere, I was sceptical. Did I really want to see a remake of one of my favourite movies? When I heard that Steven Spielberg was directing, and that he had wanted to make this movie for over 30 years, I was intrigued. When 91 year old Stephen Sondheim died in late November, seeing…
The song may say it’s a ‘marshmallow world in the winter’… but I bet you’ve never considered how much work it is to create it… Now streaming on Hulu,?Candified: Home for the Holidays?follows Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin as she and her crew undertake an impossible task: create a life-size house made of candy! With only…
Set on the road to Mekong Delta,?A Trip to Heaven?follows 50-year-old Madame Tam as she boards a mysterious tour bus. After she settles in, she is shocked to see her former high school sweetheart sitting in the back row. Enamoured and excited, Madame Tam battles her nerves and must decide whether or not she?s going…
Set in a society vastly different from our experience,?Taipei Suicide Story?takes place in a hotel that willingly assists its guests with ending their lives. By providing a number of methods by which they may commit suicide, this place runs efficiently and effectively. However, when a hotel guest who is unsure about her life and death…
Set above a simple Japanese caf?,?Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes?follows Kato as he returns home from a hard day at work. As he looks around his tiny apartment for his guitar pick, an image of him appears on his computer monitor, claiming to be him but two minutes into the future. Soon, Kato and his…
Inbetween Girl tells the story of Angie Chen, an American teenage girl dealing with the typical dramas of popularity, boys, sex, and plans after high school. What sets Inbetween Girl apart from your typical coming-of-age drama though is that the story greatly centres around the aftermath of her parents? divorce and ties deeply into the…
As we grow into adulthood, we all face choices which decide who we are going to be. In?Holy Emy?though, the decisions aren?t as important as the end result. Set in Athens, Holy Emy tells the story of Teresa (Hasmine Kilip) and her younger sister Emy (Abigail Loma), two sisters who are left alone when their mother returns…
