The New Boy (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 18, 2024

The New Boy is the latest film from Aboriginal Australian writer/director Warwick Thornton, and like his previous films it...

This is a well plotted melodrama set in the early 60s with two strong female leading characters.

Mothers’ Instinct (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 15, 2024

Next door neighbours Alice (Jessica Chastain) and Celine (Anne Hathaway) are close friends, as are their respective...

Mean Girls (12) |Close-Up Film Review

From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, MEAN GIRLS. New student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called “The Plastics,”

Mean Girls (12) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 12, 2024

Mean Girls is a film based on the Broadway musical, which is due to open in London in...

The Inventor (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

The Inventor of the title is 16th century genius Leonardo da Vinci, whose range of interests and talents covered both the arts (Mona Lisa and The Last Supper) and the sciences – astrology, mathematics, architecture, and human zoology.

The Inventor (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 10, 2024

The Inventor of the title is 16th century genius Leonardo da Vinci, whose range of interests and...

Writer/director Andrew Haigh’s great gift is his understanding of people – their fears, their joys, their pain – and his ability to turn that into moving and engaging films that convince and move their audience.

All of Us Strangers (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen March 6, 2024

Writer/director Andrew Haigh’s great gift is his understanding of people – their fears, their joys, their pain...

Denis Villeneuve’s vision knocks run of the mill sci fi spectaculars based on comic book characters and such into a cocked hat, because Dune 2 and its predecessor are so intelligently imaginative in their vision.

Dune: Part Two (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen February 29, 2024

Denis Villeneuve’s vision knocks run of the mill sci fi spectaculars based on comic book characters and...

Memory (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Jesssica Chastain plays Sylvia, a carer in a day centre and, we later discover, a recovering alcoholic who hasn’t had a drink for 13 years.

Memory (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen February 26, 2024

Jesssica Chastain plays Sylvia, a carer in a day centre and, we later discover, a recovering alcoholic who...

Shoshana (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Though the story is a fictionalisation, Shoshana (Irina Starshenbaum) was a real life campaigner, journalist and fighter for the establishment of the Jewish state as a member of an organisation called the Haganah.

Shoshana (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen February 23, 2024

Though the story is a fictionalisation, Shoshana (Irina Starshenbaum) was a real life campaigner, journalist and fighter...

Based on the true case of one Edith Swan, played in the film by Olivia Colman, who became the recipient of ridiculously obscene poison pen letters.

Wicked Little Letters (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen February 23, 2024

Based on the true case of one Edith Swan, played in the film by Olivia Colman, who...

This new version of Alice Walker’s now classic novel, which is based on the Broadway musical inspired by both the book and the earlier film

The Color Purple (12) | Close-Up Film Review

Carol Allen February 20, 2024

This new version of Alice Walker’s now classic novel, which is based on the Broadway musical inspired...

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The New Boy (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Mothers’ Instinct (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Mean Girls (12) |Close-Up Film Review

The Inventor (PG) |Close-Up Film Review

All of Us Strangers (15) | Close-Up Film Review

Dune: Part Two (12A) |Close-Up Film Review

Memory (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Shoshana (15) |Close-Up Film Review

Wicked Little Letters (15) |Close-Up Film Review

The Color Purple (12) | Close-Up Film Review

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