Sydney Filmfest - SBS Blogpost 3 (Uncle Boonmee, Runaways)

My take on Cannes winner Uncle Boonmee who can Recall His Past Lives and rock flick The Runaways is now up at SBS Film.

Extract 1 (Boonmee):

"Set in rural eastern Thailand close to the Laos border, the film is arguably closer to a series of loosely-linked gallery installations that quietly drift into one another than a coherent narrative feature..."

Extract 2 (Runaways):

"I especially liked the film’s exploration of the paradoxical sexual politics surrounding the group. These proto-riot grrrrls were exploitatively set up as “jailbait” by a male.."