Author: Greg
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Certified Copy
Copie conforme Kiarostami | 2010 | France, Italy 2nd watch. I don’t have notes from my first watch and so l don’t remember if I was initially as struck by the role that literal reflections play in the story (see above for a good example). It’s all part of a delightfully playful conceit that I […]
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Dog Day Afternoon
Lumet | 1975 | USA First watch; instantly a new favourite. Rarely has a film been this sweaty. Mind-bogglingly layered, it will reward viewing after viewing. Al Pacino simply hands in another all-timer performance, no biggie. The sound design alone deserves to be unpacked via a one-off podcast. I cannot imagine the dread in the […]
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Sketching Tatsuki
Another sketch from Bleach: Tatsuki Arisawa, as she appears on the cover of Chapter 42. I really like this ‘candid’ image of her, which seems distinct from how she’s portrayed in the story. It’s like a ‘behind the scenes’ glimpse into her life.
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Sketching Rukia
My recent (and sudden) interest in manga has given way to trying my hand at something I’d always wished to be good at: drawing. I have zero skills when it comes to drawing by hand but I try not to let an empty tool chest stop me from starting something. While I am a long […]
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WandaVision
Today the family and I enjoyed a picnic above Wanda Beach, just north of Cronulla. Earlier in the year we purchased a pop-up sun shelter that makes it easy to get outside without worrying as much about Australia’s brutal sun. I intend to use it at every opportunity. There’s something very nice about grabbing some […]
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Wake In Fright
Kotcheff | 1971 | Australia | 35mm I’m new to the Yabba, so why not ring up my 1,600th movie with what is probably the best Australian film I’ve ever seen – and on a pristine 35mm print from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, while we’re at it. Wake In Fright had […]
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Weapons
Cregger | 2025 | USA Julia Garner now 2-for-2 since Wolf Man and we’re back! Enough here to sustain interest, but a case of there being a great movie in here somewhere that just is never really drawn out. This is likely my own fault, as I went in expecting a much different tone and […]
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Shakman | 2025 | USA Trivia Factoid: the subtitle of this film refers to the first steps on the road to forgiveness for Julia Garner (who subjected me to Wolf Man earlier this year).
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Le Rayon vert
Rohmer | 1986 | France Considered by many to be his greatest film, this was a Rohmer blind spot for me until now. Knowing people loved it, I’d saved it for “the right moment”. Ironically so, it turns out, as the central character is also waiting for something she can’t articulate or read in the […]
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Affeksjonsverdi
Trier | 2025 | Norway My most anticipated 2025 release, and it delivered. In The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus posits that suicide is the only true philosophical question. He ultimately rejects suicide and outlines his absurdist philosophy, using the stage actor as one of his illustrative examples of the “absurd man” [sic]. The stage […]