Win tickets to The Taste of Things – coming to Aussie cinemas May 2!
One of the most celebrated French films of recent years The Taste of Things has a critics’ score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, was France’s official entry for the 2024 Oscars and was also the No. 1 film at this year’s Alliance Françoise French Film Festival.
Eugenie, an esteemed cook, has been working for over the last 20 years for Dodin, a fine gourmet.
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Growing fonder of one another, their bond turns into a romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that ...
Watch the trailer for Both Sides of the Blade – in cinemas this Thursday!
Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE is a romantic drama about a passionate, complicated woman caught between two very different men, and offers the first big-screen pairing of cinema icons Binoche and Lindon, both delivering powerhouse performances.
In a story adapted from a novel by Christine Angot (with whom Denis had previously collaborated on her 2017 film Let The Sunshine In) we meet public radio presenter Sara ...
Watch the trailer for How to be a Good Wife – in Aussie cinemas Boxing Day!
It’s 1968. The immaculate and morally upright Paulette Van Der Beck (the ever-exquisite Binoche) and her husband Robert have been running Van der Beck’s School of Housekeeping and Good Manners in the lush regions of Alsace for over two decades, with the help of Paulette’s eccentric stepsister Gilberte (Moreau) and the school’s communist-fearing, ex-Resistance nun Marie-Therese (a scene-stealing Lvovsky).Their mission: to train teenagers to become perfect housewives, in times when ...
Watch the new trailer for for The Truth – in cinemas December 26!
Pairing beloved Academy Award nominees Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche for the first time, as a celebrated actress and her estranged daughter whose tentative reunion offers an opportunity to either repair or irrevocably fracture their relationship.
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The Truth will be released in Australian cinemas December 26.
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Palme d’Or-Winning Director KORE-EDA HIROKAZU to Attend Australian Premieres of THE TRUTH!
In what will be his first ever visit to Australia, Kore-eda, who won the top prize of the Cannes International Film Festival in 2018 for Shoplifters, will attend the Australian Premiere Screening of THE TRUTH in Sydney at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cremorne on Saturday 16th November. The event will be presented in partnership with the Sydney Film Festival and will include a post-screening Q&A hosted by revered film criticDavid Stratton.
Kore-eda will also attend the Melbourne ...
Watch the new trailer for Who You Think I Am starring Juliette Binoche!
Out of a mix of petulance and curiosity, she impulsively creates a fake Facebook profile in which to keep an eye on him: she’s ‘Clara’, vivacious, blonde... and 24 years old. He doesn’t take the bait, but his close friend (François Civil) does, and their online connection soon becomes flirtatious. Titillated by the opportunity of being “young again”, Claire’s deceptions lead both of her identities into increasingly dangerous territory.
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Dendy Portside is hosting a special screening of Chololat as part of Chocfest at Portside Wharf!
Nobody could have imagined the impact that Vianne would make when she arrived in a tranquil, old-fashioned French town. In her very unusual chocolate shop, she creates mouth-watering confections that almost magically inspire the straitlaced villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness. When a handsome Irish Gypsy arrives in town, Vianne is finally able to recognize her own desires.
Chocfest Chocolat Screening
2pm Sunday July 7
Dendy Portside, Brisbane
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Ghost in the Shell Movie Review – another view
More a prequel to Oshii's film than a remake, the story relates the origins of Major Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) and also a little bit of her partner, Batou (Pilou Asbæk). The film riffs heavily off Oshii by lifting sequences directly from his film (hence why, on the surface, this appears to be a remake) and recreates them in the live action format - a relatively easy task with our contemporary special effects technology. It's interesting to see how Sanders has applied these ...
Ghost In The Shell Movie Review
Scarlett Johansson inhabits the role of Major with a fitting mechanical nonchalance that gets progressively more human as the story unfolds. Having said that, the depth of almost all the characters in this version are condensed to a fairly basic level. The film feels very Hollywood and the film’s makers could have shown a bit more trust that the modern audience can digest and enjoy more complex narratives.
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Touching on universal truths and the themes of what ...
New Ghost in the Shell Trailer
Based on the internationally-acclaimed sci-fi property, “GHOST IN THE SHELL” follows Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy whose singular goal is to wipe out Hanka Robotic’s advancements in cyber technology.
Staring Scarlett Johansson, Beat Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Kaori Momoi,Chin Han, ...
