The top 10 Michael Fassbender performances. By Simon Miraudo. With Michael Fassbender starring in what seems like eight or nine new releases each week, we thought it might be time to offer an early career retrospective on the 35-year-old Irishman. In the half-decade since he first broke into film, the Fass has emerged as one […]
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The Top 10 Films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s the final week of 2011, so we’re sharing with you, once again, our end-of-year lists. This was originally published on December 22, 2011. That’s all she wrote. The end is nigh. And despite what Lenny Kravitz might sing, it is indeed over. 2011 is rapidly coming […]
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The Top 10 Films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. That’s all she wrote. The end is nigh. And despite what Lenny Kravitz might sing, it is indeed over. 2011 is rapidly coming to a close, and after having sat through almost 250 films, I have selected a top ten (plus 20 honourable mentions) to put […]
Continue readingThe 10 best female performances of 2011
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 readingMelbourne International Film Festival – Day Eight
Melbourne International Film Festival – Day Eight. By Simon Miraudo. I’m writing this very sentence to you at 2:32am on Friday evening (or rather, Saturday morning), on this, the eighth night of the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival. You’ll forgive me if I end my introduction here and get right on to discussing the movies, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Jane Eyre
The first trailer for Cary Fukunaga‘s adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel Jane Eyre (the sixteenth in movie history!) has debuted online. It’s a sumptuous gothic treat for those who like their literary dramas intense. Australia’s own Mia Wasikowska stars as Jane Eyre, the classic literary character who endures a harsh upbringing, becomes a governess […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre
The first poster for Cary Fukunaga‘s adaptation of Jane Eyre has debuted – as the book’s 19th century author Charlotte Brontë would have insisted – on Facebook. Australia’s own Mia Wasikowska stars as Jane Eyre, the classic literary governess who falls in love with her employer Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). The film also stars Jamie […]
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