films and cinemas

HOT Spots Winter 2010

June 11, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Once again the City of Melbourne have produced a free pocket-sized booklet full of lots of ideas to inspire you to get out of the house and enjoy winter in Melbourne. This is a post to bookmark! I sat down with a cup of tea and flicked through the booklet, which you can pick up [...]

NOT: Robin Hood

May 22, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

So our film guest blogger Yalin didn’t think much of Robin Hood, giving it barely 3 stars… I would have loved to be at Cannes to see the reactions of the critics after seeing Robin Hood. Ridley Scott claims to have made the most historically accurate Robin Hood film, and while it may be the [...]

NOT: Iron Man 2

May 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

So I’m discovering that Saturday is the day the blog’s resident movie guru Yalin loves to write – maybe it’s time for Movie Saturdays to become a series? This time, his serve on Iron Man 2. Comparing the second serving of the Iron Man franchise to its original would be a big mistake. The special [...]

HOT: Date Night

April 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Today our resident film guru Yalin brings us his view on the new comedy Date Night. Thanks Yalin! Never, ever, take someone else’s restaurant reservation. One little white lie can take your life off the rails. That is pretty much the premise behind the new comedy from Levy, Date Night. Starring the poster children of [...]

HOT Chat: Fiona Maxwell of Next Wave

April 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Next Wave is a biennial arts event which is Australia’s leading festival for young artists, arts workers and young audiences. The festival features works from artists aged 16 to 30 including dance, theatre, visual arts, performance, new media and literature. I first came across it when I volunteered in 2006 as a gallery guard at [...]

NOT: Alice in Wonderland

March 12, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

Today our resident film guru Yalin brings us his view on Tim Burton‘s Alice in Wonderland. While I quite enjoyed the 3D effect and admired Alice’s beautiful dresses, I did feel that it lacked the magical wonderment of the original Lewis Carroll book, with its predictable good vs evil plot. Our guest blogger’s conclusion? ‘Burton [...]

HOT: Marvellous March in Melbourne

March 7, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

I’m all for comfort food, opaque tights and scarves (I think it’s a reaction to growing up in sunny Queensland) – yay for Marvellous March! Marvellous March is also the name of a handy little booklet produced by That’s Melbourne with details of the big events around Melbourne that will make you love autumn. This [...]

HOT: A Single Man, Rivoli Cinemas, 200 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn

February 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Colin Firth won a BAFTA a few days ago with his role as George Falconer in A Single Man. If you watch this film you’ll see why. The first foray of Tom Ford, uber-fashion designer, into film is an intense and elegiac work about the nature of love, loneliness, repression and the small poignant moments [...]

HOT: The Prophet (Un prophete), Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

February 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I had no idea what to expect from The Prophet (Un prophete) – I only knew that the French film that had received lots of praise, including a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination. “Oh no” I thought as I bit into my choc top and the blood splattered on screen, “It’s going to be two [...]

HOT: The Last Picture Show, Rooftop Cinema, Level 6, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne

February 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

During summer in Melbourne, we’re lucky enough to have a number of outdoor cinema-going options – including one screen unexpectedly perched on a city rooftop. Rooftop Cinema is hoisted up six flights of stairs at the top of Curtin House and the faux lawn, stripey deckchairs and twinkling city lights create an unforgettable movie going [...]