By Simon Miraudo June 10, 2013 We accuse directors who indulge in metatextual moviemaking of disappearing up their own rear ends. In the case of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, it’s a choice between there and prison. Panahi was put under house arrest by the Iranian government for producing, in their eyes, “propaganda against the Islamic […]
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The Top 10 Films of 2012
December 19, 2012 
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The top 10 films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. With 2012 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year’s cinematic treats, and then crowbar each work of art into a numerical position on a comparative chart. Comedies versus dramas! Thrills versus chills! The great versus the very good! This is the business […]
Continue readingSight and Sound reveal their picks for the Top 11 Films of 2012
December 4, 2012 1 Comment
Top Ten season has begun and UK magazine Sight And Sound recently announced their 2012 poll results which surveys over 90 critics, film programmers and academics. The list in an interesting one, balancing predictable top ten fare with some genuine dark horse appearances. The Master, unsurprisingly, takes top spot, and appearances by Amour, Holy Motors, […]
Continue readingThe top 10 documentaries of 2012
November 30, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 documentaries of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. With 2012 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year’s cinematic treats, and then crowbar each work of art into a numerical position on a comparative chart. Comedies versus dramas! Thrills versus chills! The great versus the very good! This is the business […]
Continue readingNo place like home – Goodbye review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 10, 2012 0 Comments
Goodbye – Starring Leyla Zareh, Hassan Pourshirazi, and Behname Tashakor. Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. By Simon Miraudo. Goodbye played the Sydney Film Festival. It does not yet have an Australian release date. Though it has a reputation for being hidden behind a veil of strict Government control and religious fanaticism, Iran’s cinematic culture is growing […]
Continue readingThe top 10 movies about movies
May 25, 2012 5 Comments
The top 10 movies about movies. By Simon Miraudo. At this year’s Oscars, the Academy decided to reward two pictures that were paeans to cinema itself: Michel Hazanavicius‘ silent saga of The Artist, and Martin Scorsese‘s tribute to Georges Méliès, Hugo (out now on DVD and Blu-ray). Such was the voters’ willingness to bestow them awards galore, you […]
Continue readingHome alone – This Is Not a Film review
April 17, 2012 0 Comments
This Is Not a Film – Directed by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. Rated G. Originally published March 5, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. This Is Not a Film arrives on DVD in Australia April 18, 2012. Jafar Panahi may claim his latest isn’t a film, but it certainly says more about the craft of cinema, as well as the human compulsion to […]
Continue readingHome alone – This Is Not a Film review
March 5, 2012 0 Comments
This Is Not a Film – Directed by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. Rated G. By Simon Miraudo. This Is Not a Film plays the Perth International Film Festival as part of PIAF’s In Retrospect line-up. It screens with Panahi’s The White Balloon on March 9, 2012. Click here for more details. This Is Not a Film arrives […]
Continue readingPerth International Arts Festival reveals In Retrospect line-up
February 15, 2012 0 Comments
The Perth International Arts Fest is celebrating ’60 Years of Festival Films‘ by screening eight classic pictures over the course of one big week. The line-up of features – taken from the past six decades – was revealed last week, and they include legendary works from Yasujirô Ozu, Wim Wenders, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jane Campion, François Truffaut, as […]
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