Category: Reviews

• May 30, 2014

  Mystery Road – MIFF 2013

  After a young Aboriginal girl is found in a drainpipe with her throat slashed, Detective Jay Swan (a taciturn Aaron Pedersen sauntering onto the screen with white hat, cowboy boots and a trusty sidearm) returns to his remote hometown to hunt down the men responsible. More Western-themed social commentary than murder mystery, Ivan Sen’s Mystery…
• May 30, 2014

  Killer Joe – MIFF 2012

  Gone are the days when Matthew McConaughey could be found smirking goofily from the covers of forgettable rom-coms, confident in his ability to get the girl in the third act. In what is without doubt his finest hour (and forty minutes), McConaughey brings a soft-spoken intensity to his portrayal of the eponymous psychopath Killer Joe…