Tag: 20110120

Shaolin

Despite a brief renaissance in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Chinese film (and in particular, martial arts) has been strangely absent from Australian cinema screens over the last …

The Fighter

David O. Russell has continually pushed the Hollywood conventions over his short but illustrious career. Although beginning his career with indie comedies Spanking the Monkey and Flirting with Disaster, …

The Green Hornet

In an interview with Total Film several years ago, legendary comic book creator Alan Moore said that  “The main reason why comics can’t work as films is largely because …

Black Swan

Director Darren Aronofsky is not known to play by traditional Hollywood rules. After attending both Harvard University and the AFI, Aronofsky went on to create his debut feature π …