By Glenn Dunks December 6, 2013 The Manhattan Report: The two films we’re discussing today are an interesting look at the dynamics of awards season. Philomena and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom are two of Harvey Weinstein’s horses in the Oscar race, but he is a smart man and he knows his audiences. Philomena, for […]
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New York Stories: How I Live Now / Charlie Countryman
November 20, 2013 
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By Glenn Dunks November 20, 2013 The Manhattan Report: The two films reviewed this week share little in common (certainly not quality) except that they both flopped at the US box office. In the case of Kevin Macdonald’s WWIII teen drama How I Live Now, it’s especially disappointing. With The Hunger Games ruling the roost […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Blue is the Warmest Colour / 12 Years a Slave
November 6, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks November 6, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: There’s something quite satisfying about living in a city in […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Romeo and Juliet / All Is Lost / CBGB
October 23, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks October 23, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: Last weekend saw the release of J.C. Chandor’s All Is […]
Continue readingNew York Stories: Don Jon / Parkland / We Are What We Are
October 8, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks October 8, 2013 The Manhattan Report: Having moved to America from Australia some six months ago, I’ve missed film festivals on every corner of my home country. It hasn’t so much been the movies I have missed, but the communal atmosphere they foster through red-eyed early mornings and red-wined late evenings. However, […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Enough Said / The Wind Rises / After Tiller
September 25, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks September 25, 2013 The Manhattan Report: The biggest film fest in the biggest city is about to kick off with the 51st annual New York Film Festival. Like seemingly every other festival on the planet, New York’s has grown rapidly over the recent decades since the wave of independent filmmaking of the […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Adore / The Lifeguard / Touchy Feely
September 11, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks September 11, 2013 The Manhattan Report: Look, I don’t mean to make readers jealous, but living in New York – hell, even visiting for a brief time – offers you some really great cinema-going opportunities. Currently playing over two whole months at the Museum of the Moving Image is a full career […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – The Grandmaster / Ain’t Them Bodies Saints / Short Term 12
August 28, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks August 28, 2013 The Manhattan Report: By now we’re sadly all aware that mobile phones are part of the theatre-going experience. Chatting couples, rowdy teens, and questioning seniors are all frustrating, but if I had a dollar for every time a familiar ringtone jingle has buzzed during a quiet sequence or for […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – The Canyons / The To Do List / In a World …
August 13, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks August 14, 2013 The Manhattan Report: As a former Melbourne man, I can’t say I haven’t had pangs of jealousy watching the social media deluge out of the Melbourne International Film Festival. Having spent innumerable hours in years past in seats of questionable comfort watching film after film, it was sad […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Girl Most Likely / Blackfish / Blue Jasmine
July 30, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks July 31, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: Opening weekend for a Woody Allen movie in New York […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Fruitvale Station / Crystal Fairy
July 17, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks July 17, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: New York not only offers a seemingly endless variety of […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – I’m So Excited / Byzantium / 20 Feet from Stardom
July 3, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks July 2, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: So many movies, so little time. New retrospectives pop up […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – The Purge / Maniac / Black Rock
June 19, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks June 19, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: Horror: it’s everywhere over here. Including the three reviewed below, […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – The East / VHS 2 / The Kings of Summer
June 6, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks June 6, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: In the two and a half months since moving to America, […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Greetings from Tim Buckley / Lords of Salem / What Maisie Knew
May 21, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks May 21, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. What does I do once I’ve returned from a film festival on the […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Lost in San Francisco
May 16, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks May 16, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. In this special report, Glenn briefly leaves behind the Big Apple to detail […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Some Velvet Morning / Tricked / Michael H. Profession: Director
May 7, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks May 7, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – To The Wonder / Evil Dead / Mud
April 23, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks April 23, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: Walkouts in Terrence Malick, hoots of gore approval in a […]
Continue readingNew York Stories – Stoker / Upstream Color / Stories We Tell
April 9, 2013 0 Comments
By Glenn Dunks April 9, 2013 There’s a wide world of cinema out there, and Quickflix’s Glenn Dunks is on the ground in New York City bringing you the titles that will soon be seen in Australian cinemas, and eventually available on home entertainment. The Manhattan Report: With the New Directors/New Films festival having just concluded […]
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