Andrea Riseborough

Film Review: To Leslie; Is Andrea Riseborough’s shock Oscar nomination justified?

In the lead up to the Best Actress nominations at this year’s Oscars, Andrea Riseborough was not a name oft-thrown around.  That’s not to say she didn’t deserve to be in the chatter, but after Cate Blanchett (Tár) and Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) continued to trade winning speeches throughout each major precursor…

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Win a double in-season pass to see Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar-nominated performance in To Leslie

Thanks to Kismet Movies we have 5 digital double in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the new drama To Leslie, starring Andrea Riseborough in her Academy Award-nominated role, exclusive to cinemas from March 9th, 2023. Inspired by true events. A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind…

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Please Baby Please muses on gender and orientation in a manner that’s more sleazy than it is stylish: Melbourne International Film Festival Review

A gaudy game of cat-and-mouse and pseudo-philosophical musings on sexual orientation and gender sit at the core of Amanda Kramer‘s Please Baby Please, a wild but, sadly, insufferable drama that’s more sleazy than it is stylish. Set in 1950’s New York, the film reveals its bizarre, sexualised tone in its early minutes when bohemian couple…

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Please Baby Please is a sleazy, insufferable drama that loses its commentary in high camp: Sydney Film Festival Review

A gaudy game of cat-and-mouse and pseudo-philosophical musings on sexual orientation and gender sit at the core of Amanda Kramer‘s Please Baby Please, a wild but, sadly, insufferable drama that’s more sleazy than it is stylish. Set in 1950’s New York, the film reveals its bizarre, sexualised tone in its early minutes when bohemian couple…

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SXSW Film Review: Here Before utilises its supernatural premise and twists it when we least expect

Creepy children are always good fodder for horror-leaning films, and Here Before, whilst more psychological thriller than all-out horror, is no exception with writer/director Stacey Gregg utilising the premise and twisting it just so. Andrea Riseborough leads the charge as Laura in this small, gradual thriller that focuses on young Megan, a seemingly friendly school…

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Blu-Ray Review: Possessor blends the psychological and visceral effects of proposed technological voyeurism

Opening with one of the most violently stunning set pieces witnessed in cinema in recent memory, Possessor suggests something of a techno-thriller is to follow in the 100-or-so minutes.  But, almost to be expected given it has the Cronenberg name attached to it, the rug is more than swept out from underneath us as the…

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Emma Stone and Steve Carell face off in new trailer for Battle of the Sexes

Fox Searchlight has unveiled an international trailer for their highly anticipated tennis drama Battle of the Sexes. Led by Steve Carell as chauvinistic ex-tennis champion Bobby Riggs and Emma Stone portraying feminist icon Billie Jean King, the film centres on the real-life showdown between the pair in the historical 1973 tennis match. As well as…

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