The Kid with a Bike – Starring Thomas Doret and Cecile de France. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Rated M. Originally published July 28, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. The Kid with a Bike is now available on DVD in Australia. It’s easy to watch a movie in which very little ostensibly happens, and to overlook the Earth-shattering revelations and heartbreaking truths hidden under the […]
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Brotherly love – The Kid with a Bike review
March 16, 2012 
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The Kid with a Bike – Starring Thomas Doret and Cecile de France. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Rated M. Originally published July 28, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s easy to watch a movie in which very little ostensibly happens, and to overlook the Earth-shattering revelations and heartbreaking truths hidden under the surface. The Dardenne brothers’ The Kid with a Bike is one such movie. The […]
Continue readingPerth International Arts Festival – The Kid with a Bike review
January 2, 2012 0 Comments
The Kid with a Bike – Starring Thomas Doret and Cecile de France. Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Rated M. Originally published July 28, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. This review was first run – in slightly longer form – during the Melbourne International Film Festival. The Kid with a Bike plays the Perth International […]
Continue readingThe 10 best female performances of 2011
December 8, 2011 2 Comments
The 10 best female performances of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. Acting! It’s perhaps the most subjective craft in the entire moviemaking process. What better way to celebrate its unquantifiable nature than by ranking our favourite performances of the year? Look past the inherent ridiculousness of comparing a batch of boisterous bridesmaids with sisters awaiting the end […]
Continue readingDo not resuscitate – Hereafter review
February 8, 2011 2 Comments
Hereafter – Starring Matt Damon, Cecile De France and Frankie McLaren. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. I’ve never thought the ability to speak to the dead would be at all appealing; never enjoyed hearing people talk about their supposed run-ins with late relatives, be it in the waking or dream world; […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Hereafter
September 13, 2010 0 Comments
The trailer for Clint Eastwood‘s latest painfully overwrought melodrama film Hereafter has debuted online. Hereafter stars Matt Damon as a retired medium living in America, Cécile de France as a French journalist, and George McLaren as a British schoolboy dealing with grief – all of whom will presumably be united in some terribly contrived Crash-esque […]
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