The Donut King
The totally surprising and extraordinary roller coast life of Ted Ngoy is the stuff of a good movie drama ….. except that this is a documentary of his almost unbelievable real life. A word of warning here, before you start to stream Alice Gu‘s wee film, go grab yourself a box of donuts, as … Continue reading
The Dressmaker
The first line we hear uttered out of Tilly Dunnage’s mouth is ‘I’m Back you Bastards‘. And she is indeed in the remote Australian outback small town which she left overnight in a hurry some 20 years ago. For the past two decades she has re-invented herself as a very successful fashion designer wowing the … Continue reading
The First Monday in May
The annual Met Gala mounted by the Costume Department of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the real social highlights for all the most famous faces in fashion and culture. It is an extravagent and outrageous event that because of its crazy excesses, is the hottest ticket in town for fashion designers, … Continue reading
The Judge
Erika Cohn’s very sympathetic profile on Khoulud Al-Faqih who became the first woman appointed to be a Judge in a Palestinian Shari’a Court in the West Bank bravely attempts to uncover some of the mystique and secrecy that cloaks this Islamic culture. Most of the time she succeeds exceptionally well, but on some occasions, … Continue reading
The Little Death
You could be forgiven for thinking from the opening scenes of this new comedy from Australian actor turned director Josh Lawson that you are about to watch a movie that is like a Wikipedia of sexual practices, or even some soft-core pornography. Thankfully it is neither of those although Mr. Lawson does want us to … Continue reading