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Jessica Seychell

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A screen studies student from the University of Melbourne, next year Jessica will be embarking on her thesis detailing the exploration of desire in Italian cinema. Jessica has been reviewing films and working with film festivals for the past few years, and is excited for their return post-lockdown. Deserted Island Movie Collection: Luca Guadagnino’s 'Call Me By Your Name', Ted Kotcheff’s 'Wake in Fright', Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' and both Argento’s and Guadagnino’s 'Suspiria'. Best Movie Snack: Cinema Nova Melbourne's home-made choc-tops and a glass of wine or two.
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'Longlegs' Review: Squeamishly Excellent

By Jessica Seychell
17/07/24
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'Bones and All' Review - A Love Story that Truly Bites

By Jessica Seychell
24/11/22

The dynamic mind of Luca Guadagnino, best known for his powerhouse Call Me By Your Name (2017) and the horror gem Suspiria (2018), which made fanatics squirm, steers the director further into horror with Bones and All, creating a film that has just as much heart as it does bite.

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'Benediction' Review - An Uneven Look at a Queer Poet's Life in Early 1900s

By Jessica Seychell
09/06/22

Much like the life of its muse, Benediction tosses between the translucent and opaque, the subtle and overt.

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'Memoria' Review - A Mosaic of Memories

By Jessica Seychell
02/04/22

A film that is experienced more than viewed, Memoria brings slow cinema to the forefront of arthouse films.

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'X' Review - A Slasher Without the Splatter

By Jessica Seychell
20/03/22

Like an adult film, no one is watching a slasher for its plot. X is an erotic slasher with all the glory and sadly not enough of the gore.

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'Friends and Strangers' Review - All Bark with No Bite

By Jessica Seychell
17/03/22

As ever-changing Australian Iconography is scattered across every wall, Friends and Strangers poses the question, what if it begins to stare back?

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'River' Review - A Current of Calls

By Jessica Seychell
14/03/22

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water” is the thread that ties River together.

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'Fresh' Review - Slightly Stale at Best

By Jessica Seychell
05/03/22

In a film where right and wrong are so carefully defined, Fresh finds itself torn between genres.

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'The Greenhouse' Review - A Tangible Grief

By Jessica Seychell
19/02/22

More a symbolic than a literal figure, The Greenhouse is a head-trip where grief flourishes as vividly as ever.

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'Spencer' Review – The Divine and the Disgusting

By Jessica Seychell
21/01/22

“Keep noise to a minimum, they can hear you” is the overarching phrase that haunts the retelling of the tragedy in Spencer.

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'The King's Man' Review - Manner Maketh Mediocre at Best

By Jessica Seychell
04/01/22

It’s interesting to see that after a questionable sequel, the Kingsman movie creators believed the natural solution to be an even more questionable prequel with The King’s Man.

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'Licorice Pizza' Review - Pretty Cool, But Still Problematic

By Jessica Seychell
24/12/21

Licorice Pizza is a charming yet unforgivingly problematic addition to director Paul Thomas Anderson’s directorial lineup in what can only be described as a teenage boy’s wet dream.

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'Bergman Island' Review - Let the Dead Lie

By Jessica Seychell
23/12/21

Bergman Island is a compelling indie tale with a meta twist.

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'The French Dispatch' Review - A Whimsical Wonderland

By Jessica Seychell
16/12/21

In what can only be described as a love letter to literary magazines, Wes Anderson runs hot off the press with his newest instalment, The French Dispatch.

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'Zola' Review – A Fever Dream in Motion

By Jessica Seychell
18/11/21

In the fever dream in which ‘bitch’ is a term of endearment, Zola encapsulates the world’s greatest twitter thread as a riveting and catastrophic force.

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'Becoming Cousteau' Review – A Deep Dive Into Climate Change

By Jessica Seychell
21/10/21

Depicting the vivid and colourful life of explorer Jacques Cousteau, Becoming Cousteau dives headfirst into the deep, presenting the harsh effects of climate change across his 70-year career.

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'Till Death' Review - An Exhilarating Take on Feminist-Horror

By Jessica Seychell
12/10/21

“Till death do us part” is the twisted omen that lingers throughout this film. In an eerie horrorscape built on the punishment of women, Till Death is a nuanced and enlightening take on feminist horror.

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