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PREVIEW: 2019 MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
There is a heightened sense of expectation surrounding the line-up of the 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF). Having been one of the underdog capital city festivals for much of its...
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FORGED FROM FIRE: THE ANDREW GARTON INTERVIEW
Over the weekend of Saturday February 7, 2009, a wall of fire swept through rural Victoria, leaving in its wake 4,500 km² of devastation; over 3,500 buildings were destroyed, countless wild and...
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PREVIEW: 2019 REVELATION PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
When the minds behind Perth’s fearless international film soiree Revelation announced that their 2019 event would take us to another dimension…well, none of us doubted they could pull it off. The...
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SKID ROW MARATHON: THE MARK AND GABRIELE HAYES INTERVIEW
2019 MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL: The act of running is inherently about striving for a goal; one sets out with a determination to compete, earn a place, achieve a PB. For some, that is a life...
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EIGHTIES CLASSICS FROM SYNTH GODS TANGERINE DREAM SET FOR SYDNEY RETRO-SEASON
More than three decades after collaborating with the great cinematic visionaries of the day, the film music of Tangerine Dream has taken on a unique and vivid lustre. With a new generation of film...
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FIVE OF THE BEST FROM MELBOURNE DOC FEST
If you have left decision-making about your yearly documentary indulgence until the eve of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, the 12-day program may seem daunting, even insurmountable. You might...
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NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND: FIVE TO BOOK FIRST FROM SUFF 2019
The Sydney Underground Film Festival enters its teenage phase; the 13th annual festival of warped, wicked celluloid is set to unnerve and entertain from September 12-15. The tone is set from Session 1,...
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PREVIEW: 2019 BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL
The free-spirited, soulful essence of the Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF) is one of the regional event’s key assets. Those elements are there for all to see in the rich 10-day line-up for the 13th...
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1BR GIVES HORRORS OF RENTAL LIVING A NEW LEASE
David Marmor’s directorial debut, 1BR, will play well with Australia’s capital city audiences, for whom rental-house hunting is its own nightmarish reality. For Marmor's protagonist Sarah, the gated...
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MONSTER FEST BOWS MIKE GREEN'S RED DUST SURVIVAL SHOCKER
When a window of opportunity presented itself, Mike Green needed to act fast. With one feature script on the backburner and fatherhood looming, the writer/director had to craft a bare-bones production...
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DARK WHISPERS, LOUD VOICES: THE WOMEN SHAPING AUSTRALIAN HORROR CINEMA.
FANGORIA x MONSTER FEST 2019: As Chairperson of the New South Wales chapter of Women in Film & Television (WIFT), Megan Riakos is one of the most determined advocates for gender equality in...
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THE FURIES' FINAL GIRL: THE AIRLIE DODDS INTERVIEW
FANGORIA X MONSTER FEST 2019: The well-trodden road to overnight bigscreen success began for Airlie Dodds in 2010 with the short film, Purple Flowers. Nearly two decades later, after 10 more short...
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THE PUBLIC LIFE OF EMILIO ESTEVEZ
Emilio Estevez remains one of the biggest movie stars of his generation, adored by Gen-Xers for The Outsiders, Repo Man, The Breakfast Club, Stakeout, St Elmo’s Fire and Young Guns and by their kids...
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THE SCREEN-SPACE BEST (AND WORST) FILMS OF 2019
Takeaways from the year in cinema include the forced retirement of some once-glorious franchise friends (Terminator Dark Fate; X-Men Dark Phoenix; Rambo Last Blood); the resounding indifference to...
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PREVIEW: 2020 SCREENWAVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The pure love for the magic of cinema with which the Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) has always been curated is more evident than ever in 2020. Launching January 9 in Coffs Harbour and...
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WILDCAT! THE RESURRECTION OF THE FILMS OF MARJOE GORTNER
‘Marjoe Gortner’ is not a name often mentioned when the Hollywood A-list of the swingin’ ‘70s and ‘80s is recalled, but at the time, the Californian native was very much part of the scene. Having...
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SEBERG: THE BENEDICT ANDREWS INTERVIEW
The new film from Australian filmmaker Benedict Andrews explores a time in modern American history when those elected to enforce the will of the people instead turned on society’s progressive left. It...
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DEADHOUSE DARK IGNITES THE CANNESERIES COMPETITION LINE-UP.
CANNES: Flying the flag for the Australian genre sector at the 2020 Canneseries Short Form Competition will be the highly-anticipated web-series, Deadhouse Dark, created by Australia’s own horror...
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MOSLEY: THE KIRBY ATKINS INTERVIEW
Sometimes the most meaningful journeys come from the humblest beginnings. Twenty years ago, a young animator named Kirby Atkins, drawing upon both his own upbringing and new life as a parent, began...
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THE DUNE GALLERY
Vanity Fair overnight revealed exclusive first-look images from Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic 1965 science-fiction novel, Dune. The director’s first film since...
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