Nadine Whitney

Melbourne

Film Critic at Freelance

I coffee, film, and cats . AFCA co chair. @ofcs @auscritic @AWFJ @dorianawards Golden Globes Film voter. 🍅 critic.

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Articles

Karan Kandhari and Radhika Apte on the hilariously aggressive punk film Sister Midnight

2 days ago | thecurb.com.au | Nadine Whitney

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Nadine Whitney had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Karan Kandhari and Radhika Apte about Sister Midnight and how as original and ‘weird’ as it is, it’s also representative of people who are rarely seen as (essential) inhabitants of Mumbai. Both Karan and Radhika are an absolute joy to listen to.
A DESERT - Review by Nadine Whitney

3 days ago | awfj.org | Nadine Whitney

0 Flares 0 Flares × Joshua Erkman’s discomfiting neo-noir A Desert combines the tropes of the nineties’ resurrection of “dirty noir” as seen in Kalifornia, Natural Born Killers, and David Lynch’s Lost Highway plus the shock of Bruno Dumont’s Twentynine Palms. It is also a meditation on the act of filming and capturing images.
Movie Review: ‘The Salt Path’ Takes A Dangerous Road Less Traveled

3 days ago | insessionfilm.com | Nadine Whitney

Director: Marianne ElliottWriter: Rebecca LenkiewiczStars: Jason Isaacs, Gillian Anderson, James LanceSynopsis: A couple lose their home and later discover the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as they embark on a year long coastal trek. Sentiment takes precedence over what should be viewed as a devastating failure in Britain’s legal and care systems in Marianne Elliott’s ‘true story’ inspired, The Salt Path.
BEATING HEARTS (L’AMOUR OUF) - Review by Nadine Whitney

4 days ago | awfj.org | Nadine Whitney

0 Flares 0 Flares × Gilles Lellouche takes Neville Thompson’s Irish working-class social realist 1997 novel Jackie loves Johnser OK? and relocates it to a port city in Northern France.
Nina Hoss on the art of acting and collaboration in Cicadas

5 days ago | thecurb.com.au | Nadine Whitney

Ina Weisse’s psychological drama Zikaden (Cicadas) begins as a portrait of two very different women at the edge of their patience with the demands that claim their sense of self but ends as something quite unexpected as their lives become more entwined.
A Tale of Two Teen Slashers: Hell of a Summer and Clown in a Cornfield

1 week ago | thecurb.com.au | Nadine Whitney

Released in fairly quick succession this year have been two distinct “throwback” mainstream slashers. Hell of a Summer and Clown in a Cornfield. The two movies also come on the heels of Josh Ruben’s rom-com slasher Heart Eyes. Recently a prominent critic asked, “Why do contemporary slashers do nothing for me?” There are many ways to answer the question, but I’d posit that primarily that the “transgressive” nature of the slasher has been worn away by years of irony, or worse, lack of intelligence.
Lars and the Real Girl Umbrella Entertainment Blu-Ray Collectors Edition Review

2 weeks ago | thecurb.com.au | Nadine Whitney

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Lars and the Real Girl is Craig Gillespie’s 2007 indie comedy-drama about a man who has an unconventional relationship with a sex doll. That man is a young Ryan Gosling, who is supported by Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, and Bianca the Doll.
Movie Review: ‘The Trouble With Jessica’ is Irritatingly Unfunny

3 weeks ago | insessionfilm.com | Nadine Whitney

Director: Matt WinnWriters: James Handel, Matt WinnStars: Alan Tudyk, Shirley Henderson, Rufus SewellSynopsis: Sarah and Tom are in deep financial trouble. Their situation takes a terrifying nosedive with the shocking behavior of their uninvited dinner guest, Jessica.
The Legend of Ochi is breathtaking with sparks of wonder

3 weeks ago | thecurb.com.au | Nadine Whitney

Isaiah Saxon said in an interview several years ago conducted from Trout Gulch the Santa Fe forest artist’s commune and studio for Encyclopedia Pictura that his north star heroes in filmmaking are Miyazaki, Spielberg, Zemeckis, and Lucas. The Legend of Ochi buzzes with the influence of those directors so intensely that it works in a kind of cinematic shorthand where it assumes that the story beats are so familiar they don’t require deep explanation.
How Umbrella Entertainment physical media essays are written

4 weeks ago | thecurb.com.au | Andrew F Peirce |Nadine Whitney

Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. And we’re back with another review discussion with myself, Andrew, and my colleague Nadine Whitney.