The air was filled with excitement on semi final weekend and the panel was full of hot air as they dissected the first day of play on semi final weekend. Hear the weeks SECA Panel show here on the podcast. Pictured (courtesy Sonia Carroll):- Kingston Heath’s Dylan Davis gets the edge and Le Page Park’s Aaron Carroll is poised to
Read moreMissing is a follow-up but not a direct sequel to 2018’s Searching in which a father desperately trawled through social media and other online resources to find his daughter after her disappearance. Remarkably, that film was composed entirely of images from screens, particularly the internet and social media pages at which the father was looking. Missing takes that concept even
Read moreThe Australian documentary, Knowing The Score might be dubbed the story of a real-life Tar as it follows the life and career of Australian conductor, Simone Young. This is apparently a coincidence as Young wasn’t a direct influence on Tar although that film’s star, Cate Blanchett is a producer here. While, on one level, Knowing the Score is the story
Read moreExpectations would understandably be low for a film entitled Cocaine Bear. While this ‘nature on the rampage’ horror/comedy runs out of puff three quarters of the way in, it offers a little more entertainment and slightly higher production values than we might have expected. The story is very loosely based on real events that took place in 1985 when a
Read moreWomen Talking, which is written and directed by Sarah Polley and based on the 2018 novel by Miriam Toews, powerfully and confrontingly explores the impact of sexist social structures on the status of women. A remarkable cast that includes, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Frances McDormand and Ben Wishaw bring to life this unusual and important story. Set in
Read moreBelgian coming of age drama Close, which has been nominated for the Best International Feature Film at this year’s Oscars, is destined to be hailed one of the year’s most important and affecting films. Beautifully shot and superbly acted, this is a devastating study of guilt, grief, homophobia, destructive teenage social rules, the roots of toxic masculinity and the end
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