Tag: Adelaide Film Festival

HALLOWEEN IS HERE!: THE WITCH [2015]

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Jordan Dodd

Directed and Written by Robert Eggers Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw I feel like I can’t come up with the right words to describe this incredible movie, but I’ll try. The lingering atmosphere is executed very well from the beginning,… Continue Reading “HALLOWEEN IS HERE!: THE WITCH [2015]”

Category: 2015, Film, Film FestivalsTags: #adlff, #MUSTWATCH, 2015, @AdlFilmFest, Adelaide Film Festival, Anya Taylor-Joy, Game of Thrones, Harvey Scrimshaw, it follows, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson, Robert Eggers, The Witch

HIGHLY STRUNG [2015]

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Jordan Dodd

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Directed by Scott Hicks Written by Scott Hicks Highly Strung takes a deep dive into the world of stringed instruments, those who play them, and those who put all their effort in creating them – know as luthiers. From Adelaide to New York to… Continue Reading “HIGHLY STRUNG [2015]”

Category: 2015, FilmTags: #adlff, #MUSTWATCH, @AdlFilmFest, Adelaide Film Festival, Australia, Australian Film, cello, documentary, Scott Hicks, Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, stringed instruments, violas, violins

AFF: YOUTH [2015]

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Jordan Dodd

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The closing film for the Adelaide Film Festival was Paolo Sorrentino’s follow-up to his Oscar winning ‘The Great Beauty’. I had a blast during the festival, seeing at least one film each day. Sadly it is over and is a biennial event, so I… Continue Reading “AFF: YOUTH [2015]”

Category: 2015, Film, Film FestivalsTags: #adlff, 2015, @AdlFilmFest, Adelaide Film Festival, Drama, Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, michael caine, Paolo Sorrentino, Paul Dano, Rachel Weisz, Youth 2015

AFF: THE ASSASSIN [2015]

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Jordan Dodd

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If I were to choose a favourite film of the Adelaide Film Festival, it would have to be The Lobster, which worked for me on multiple levels. But, a close second is definitely this visual masterpiece, a film that needs to be seen to… Continue Reading “AFF: THE ASSASSIN [2015]”

Category: 2015, Film, Film Festivals, ForeignTags: #adlff, 2015, @AdlFilmFest, Adelaide Film Festival, Chen Chang, Cheng Ah, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Qi Shu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Taiwan, Taiwanese film, the assassin, Xing Pei

AFF: DEATHGASM [2015]

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Jordan Dodd

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The Adelaide Film Festival is coming to an end, but not before a few bangs! I have had a ton of fun and there are still many films to come. This one was a part of the new ‘Scream’ section of films, focusing on… Continue Reading “AFF: DEATHGASM [2015]”

Category: 2015, Australia/New Zealand, Film, Film FestivalsTags: 2015, Adelaide Film Festival, Deathgasm, gore, heavy metal, heavy metal slasher, horror comedy, James Blake, Jason Lei Howden, Kimberley Crossman, Milo Cawthorne, New Zealand film, slasher

AFF: THE LOBSTER [2015]

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Jordan Dodd

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Running from October 15-25, the Adelaide Film Festival motors onto its third day, while the program and tickets can be purchased here Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou Starring: Colin Farrell, John C. Reilly, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, Jacqueline Abrahams,… Continue Reading “AFF: THE LOBSTER [2015]”