Monthly Archives: August 2006

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We the Living

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This is a very well made New Zealand short film about a young woman who stumbles across a man that has hung himself just outside of the campsite she is staying at. Completely overwhelmed, she visits a young male friend…



Bamako

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

I’m not exactly sure what was going on a lot of the time in this movie. It seemed quite random. Set in Bamako in Africa, from what I could gather a trial was taking place between the African people and…



Opal Dream

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

I’m a really big fan of this movie. Set in Coober Pedy, a young girl called Kellyanne, spends all her time playing with her two make-believe friends Pobby and Dingan. She is completely adamant that these two people exist, which…



Unrequited Love

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

I really hated this film. It explores stalking, but it does so in a very unique and bizarre manner. Personally, I hated every thing about this film. It used a lot of video footage that was supposed to look like…



Nature’s Way

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This is a really great, yet very creepy New Zealand short film about a man who murders a young girl in a rain forest, and is later haunted by her in the most frightening of ways. Basically, nature fights back!…



Gambler

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This is a really fantastic and insightful documentary about the Danish filmmaker Nicholas Winding Refn’s struggle to pay off his debts after the box-office flop of his latest film, Fear X, despite the fact that his debut film, Pusher, was…



Detour De France

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This is a fascinating documentary about a group of journalists who have travelled to France, to cover and report on the 2005 Tour de France cycling race. Offering a very uniquely Australian perspective into the massive sporting event, this film…



Raul the Terrible

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This is an amazing insightful documentary that takes an extremely close look into the world of Raul Castells, an Argentinean man who is fighting for the rights of the poor people in his country. You are right there with him,…



Small Boxes

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This is a really great short film about a young Latino-Australian man, who lives with his loving mother and grandmother at home and works night shifts at a produce market. He decides one day that he’s sick of his current…



The Host

Posted: 21 August 2006 by Chris Hocking

This may well be my favourite film so far! I have never seen such a fantastic audience reaction and participation, as I have with this film. It starts with an US Army officer, who orders the dumping of litres of…