Blue Rose Film Review

Something that has been in the works for quite some time that I am finally in a place to be able to properly announce is The Blue Rose Film Podcast. My initial desire for Blue Rose was always for it to be a podcast, but I never felt confident enough that I had a good enough concept, or that it was going to be anything different from the countless of other film-based podcasts already being produced every day.  What changed? you might ask. Well, I have been producing a weekly podcast since early this year for work, a podcast called Filthy Hope. The experience of both presenting and producing this podcast has given me the confidence and clarity of concept that I needed to charge ahead with this. I have always felt that for it to be worth my time and effort to produce a podcast, I have to be confident that there is some reason to listen to it over any of the other podcasts already available in whatever area it is operating in. So, what's different about the Blue Rose Film Podcast? Well

Welcome back to the monthly segment here on the blog where I take you through some of the filmgoing experiences I had! I really enjoy writing these monthly pieces, and I'm pleased that so far the response to them has been positive.  The most significant film moment for me in the month of August 2022 was the release of Jordan Peele's Nope. It was amongst my most anticipated films of the year ever since it was first announced, and the experience of going to see it not just once, but twice, at beautiful theatres with great friends, was a joy. I saw it on opening morning at the Ritz in Randwick with my brother, and then again the Monday after at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace with mates. Both experiences were affirmative for me in the power of seeing films at the theatre with a payed audience - no pause button, no phones, just a room full of people dreaming together in time with the huge picture and immersive sound. In terms of the film itself, you can read my review of Nope  he

NOPE (M) Written and directed by Jordan Peele Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Brandon Perea Duration: 130 minutes Jordan Peele is a writer/director who now has a blind opening night ticket buy from me. Not only have his three directorial features been successes, both critically and financially, but all three have been operating in different spheres of the broader horror genre. Get Out is an Ira Levin-inspired horror tale with a sharp eye for social commentary, and Us begins as a razor-sharp home invasion thriller before morphing into something more absurdist and allegorical. Nope continues this trend, as well as continuing Peele's knack for pithy, memorable titles.  Importantly, both for seeing this film and presumably future Jordan Peele films, Nope does not operate in the same vein of horror as his previous two films. In fact, aside from a handful of scenes of genuine terror, Nope is largely more of a science fiction adventure film than it is a straight horror film. Thin

Jack Nicholson has a face for the big screen. There is something about seeing his face on celluloid that elicits the feelings of awe and mystery that only cinema can. It is for this reason that I do not mind one bit that his roles are never quite as transformative as other more traditionally technically sound performers' - Willem Dafoe, say, or Meryl Streep. I always have a sense that I am watching Jack Nicholson on screen, as opposed to the character that he is portraying, but his face is just so perfect for the cinematic format that this never bothers me.  © Paramount Pictures, 1974 The same can be said about Nicholson's role in Chinatown , Roman Polanski's 1974 modern noir thriller co-starring Faye Dunaway. Nicholson's charisma goes a long way in shining a beacon of character-driven light through a landscape of nihilism, conspiracy and hopelessness, making his eventual failure all the more devastating.  Because, and let's get this out of the way straight away, Ch