Articles Tagged Edgar Wright

PODCAST: ABC 774 – 17th July

In this week’s Friday Film segment I chat with Raf about the latest Marvel superhero film, Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily, and Women He’s Undressed, a documentary about Australian costume designer Orry Kelly from filmmaker Gillian Armstrong. Plus, talkback on ‘small scale screen heroes’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne.

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – August 13th

This week on Plato’s Cave the team discuss our selected highlights from this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, plus reviews of The Wolverine and The World’s End. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – August 13th Episode (.MP3)

PODCAST: ABC 774 – August 9th

In this week’s Friday Film I chat to Raf about Edgar Wright’s latest film, The World’s End, plus selected highlights from the Melbourne International Film Festival (including Rewind This!, Australian Shorts program, These Final Hours) on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – August 9th Episode (.MP3)

REVIEW: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Forget Tarantino! When it comes to postmodernism, Edgar Wright is the true prince of pastiche. As director of the television series Spaced (1999-2001) and the feature films Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007), Wright has pursued projects that demonstrate a particular passion for popular culture. Where others have mined the past in […]

REVIEW: 28 Weeks Later

Every so often a sequel comes out of Hollywood that successfully challenges audience expectations; breaking a generic mould, or fleeing the formulaic cage of a worn out franchise. Sadly, 28 Weeks Later is no such film. That’s not to say the film doesn’t at least attempt such transgressions. The opening sequence in particular is marked […]

REVIEW: Hot Fuzz

Describing his cult TV show Spaced which ran between 1999 and 2001, director Edgar Wright reportedly remarked, “It’s a show by geeks, for geeks”. For many, the comment would’ve been an equally apt description of his successful 2004 zombie-horror-comedy, Shaun of the Dead. In what may prove to be music to the ears of men-children […]