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  • SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

    Marty is a screenwriter who has writer’s block.  All his blank page has so far is a title ‘7 Psychopaths’ and nothing else.  Quite where he dragged this up is never really explained and as he pours himself his umpteenth drink he also pours out his woes to his best friend petty criminal/would-be actor and…

  • ETHEL

    Ethel Kennedy had so many children that even they couldn’t remember how many siblings they had. In this new documentary on the Kennedy Matriarch, Robert F. Kennedy Jnr. challenges one of his sisters claim that they number 11, and he proceeds to name just 10. The 11th and youngest is Rory and she is the…

  • THE EYE OF THE STORM

    There is something quite deliciously old-fashioned about veteran Australian director Fred Schepisi’s latest movie that gives you the distinct feeling that it actually may have been made 20 years ago.  It’s all about a domineering matriarch who has been a total control freak all her life : staff, children and local society, and now she…

  • SMALL, BEAUTIFUL MOVING PARTS

    Is actually a small beautiful movie even though it is essential not about a great deal.  Sarah is a woman with an insatiable desire for tinkering with all manner of things driven by technology : its not just her job but also her passion.  When one such gadget is a tiny pregnancy tester that turns…