I don’t normally write about the deaths of important people here at Film Grimoire (with one other exception). But Carrie Fisher, who passed away today at the age of 60, was an exceptional woman. As a young girl growing up in the early 90s, at the time it felt like I had heaps of great […]
Hello everyone! Just thought I’d make a quick post to wish everyone a very merry Christmas for 2016. I hope you’re all having a wonderful day with excellent food and amazing presents, no matter which holiday you celebrate this festive season. Here in Melbourne, today is a sweltering hot 37 degrees Celcius (therefore 98 degrees […]
Well, this is random – I never chat about music here at Film Grimoire. However, I thought I’d do a quick post on music, seeing as voting has recently opened up for the Triple J Hottest 100, which is an Australian radio event and decades-long institution. The Triple J Hottest 100 is the world’s largest […]
Happy December everyone! It’s the tail end of a big year, and Christmas is just around the corner. What better time than now to reflect upon some excellent posts from WordPress and beyond. Unfortunately I fell off the blogging map again this month because work was crazy and exhausting, and I was avoiding screen time […]
Elms (2014) and Home (2016) are two very different short films indeed – one being a visual poem featuring the titular tree, and the other a short narrative focusing on a homeless woman portrayed brilliantly by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Both films are available to watch online, so I’ve linked them below should you wish to give […]
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Based on the book by Timur Vermes, Look Who’s Back (2015, dir. David Wnendt) is a satirical comedy which ponders what might happen if a certain extreme right-wing fascist dictator might be brought back to life in modern day Germany. Its synopsis is as follows: Adolf Hitler wakes up in…
Tarsem Singh’s The Fall (2006) is a beautiful, dreamlike film-within-a-film. Its synopsis is as follows: In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story of five mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind […]
Nicolas Winding Refn’s most recent directorial effort, The Neon Demon (2016) is a psychological horror tale of a murderous, bloody-minded fashion industry that attracts young Jesse (Elle Fanning) to Los Angeles. Jesse hopes to become a big time fashion model because being pretty is the only talent she knows. She makes fast friends with make-up […]
Welcome, everyone, to November! The spooky month of October is over and done with, and now that Halloween is finished we’re on the steady descent towards Christmas. October was another quiet month here at Film Grimoire, but as of this month, I’ve included regular writing back into my routine somewhat, so things should be back […]
Quaint, polite Englishman slash documentarian Louis Theroux aims his keen eye and curious mind on the immensely powerful and somewhat frightening Church of Scientology in Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie (2016, dir. John Dower). A documentary that takes its time to wonder about what makes Scientology the juggernaut it is, Theroux’s voice leads us viewers […]
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