by Ambrose Heron on 30/03/2009
DVD PICKS
Waltz With Bashir (Artificial Eye): One of the most remarkable films to be released in the last year deals with the memory of Israeli soldiers involved in the invasion of Lebanon in the early 1980s and the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre.
Directed by Ari Folman, it examines his own experiences on that mission and the struggle to remember what happened [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 25/10/2008
Not Quite Hollywood is a new documentary exploring the world of Australian exploitation cinema that began in the early 1970s.
Directed by Mark Hartley it shows how a new generation of maverick filmmakers capitalised on the relaxing of censorship laws to create wilder films on smaller budgets.
Whilst more refined directors like Peter Weir achieved worldwide acclaim [...]