Philip Powers reviews the greatest and most influential films ever produced
‘Mildura 10th Day’ Tonight I’m staying at the Mildura Villas. It’s a beautiful apartment and the service was exemplary and it was my favourite overnight of the whole twelve-day journey to Broken …
Read More‘Kinchega National Park 9th Day’ If it’s Tuesday I must be in Broken Hill. It was 20 degrees outside – in Broken Hill – and the grey sky went as …
Read MoreNuit el brouillard 1955 In my lifetime I have seen many, and will see many more, disturbing films: but not to this extent. The English translation is Night and Fog …
Read More‘Bourke, 7th Day’ If it’s Sunday, This Must Still be Bourke. I’m in Outback NSW and it is rain, rain, rain. Driving to Bourke, I was in and out of …
Read MoreShunpu den 1965 The Story of a Prostitute A Seijun Suzuki Film It sounds better when enunciated in Japanese than English. I had actually been searching for Koroshi no rakuin …
Read MoreThe Wind Will Carry Us 1999 I decided to watch this film again because I felt like I was missing important things. In fact, I problem hadn’t, but it was …
Read More‘Wellington, NSW 4th Day’ The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 If it’s Thursday, This Must be Wellington. Woke up to discover that kids had broken the DVD machine while playing …
Read More‘Mumbil: 3rd Day’ If it’s Wednesday, This Must be Mumbil. Got to the house and found it stifling. The air-conditioning isn’t working and there’s no Wi-Fi, so I’m keeping notes …
Read More‘O’Connell: 2nd Day’ If it’s Tuesday, This Must be O’Connell. My daughters and I have two days on a sheep farm.
Read MoreAs is my custom, I didn’t read anything about this film before watching it. I knew it was directed by a man called Jean Vigo. I knew it was European, …
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