By Aaron Darc
Archive for April, 2011
MAD BASTARDS
Apr 30th
MAD BASTARDS (M)15+ opens May 5th
With Tony Abbot’s current decision to sit in the dirt of our outback indigenous communities (well, that particular photo opp was the conjuring of his publicity machine, not himself) and manipulate more white right-wing votes… sorry, I mean… engage the indigenous community and try to help them… there couldn’t be a better moment for this new Australian film to hit our screens. It’s called Mad Bastards, and this week, I had the pleasure of interviewing both its writer and director, Brendan Fletcher, alongside its main star. Have a listen…
YES, I’D LIKE TO SCREAM…
Apr 12th
SCREAM 4 (otherwise known as SCRE4M) Rated MA15+ ****SPOILER FREE!****
Okay, I can maybe – just maybe – be accused of being a bit of an elitist snob, when it comes to film. I don’t spend much time in multiplexes, let’s put it that way. I’m really excited about Lars Von Trier’s new film. I have every David Lynch dvd you can buy. I thought the original Funny Games was better than the remake. I thought Rabbit Hole should have won every Oscar for everything. I’m like that. Feel free to sigh “wanker” under your breath, if you must. But, unlike many of my pretentious film wanker friends, I do have an inkling, somewhere inside, for the occasional venture into those hideous cinema centers for something – gulp – mainstream. But it’s a certain kind of rubbish that gets me there. It can be rubbish, as long as it’s clever rubbish. Then, it actually does become a kind of art. I think Basic Instinct is art. I adore Tim Burton – most of the time (let’s all forget Alice, shall we?). I think Romi & Michelle’s High School Reunion is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. And I will tell crowds of intellectual wankers that the Scream movies – every one of them – are god damned cool. “It’s actually really clever. And fun. But clever. And scary!” I don’t have too many big words to use – though I’ll happily put it in a postmodern context, if that is required – but I love them. And so, this week, while an invite to the Scream 4 preview screening wouldn’t have excited too many of the city’s “serious reviewers”, I, for one, was pretty psyched.
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