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OUR FIVE FAVOURITE SHORTS FROM NOHO CINEFEST 2020
Like many of the world’s leading film festivals, the 2020 North Hollywood ‘NoHo’ Cinefest was bumped from its home at the Laemmle NoHo 7 theaters in April when COVID-19 took hold. Determined not to...
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THE FLOOD: THE VICTORIA WHARFE MCINTYRE INTERVIEW
Victoria Wharfe McIntyre has crafted a truly unique Australian film with her debut feature, THE FLOOD. Pulsating with the energetic genre beats, it is also a muscular pushback to how First Nation...
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COASTAL CRITICS SWOON OVER ‘FIRST COW’, ‘NOMADLAND’, ‘SMALL AXE’
The Oscar race came into sharper focus over the last 48 hours with key critics groups on both U.S. coasts handing out their 2020 gongs. Critics on the Eastern seaboard named Kelly Reichardt’s First...
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DUSTWALKER: THE SANDRA SCIBERRAS INTERVIEW
Writer/director Sandra Sciberras’ fourth feature The Dustwalker, in which an insidious alien parasite invades an Australian outback township, is her first genre effort. Re-energising some popular...
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PREVIEW: 2021 OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL
Fueled by the ongoing crusade for environmental respect and a passion for outdoor living, the Ocean Film Festival resurfaces in 2021 with arguably the finest collection of films in its 8 year history....
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LIVE: THE LISA CHARLOTTE FRIEDRICH INTERVIEW
When Lisa Charlotte Friedrich began shooting her debut feature, it was speculative fiction. LIVE tells the story of a near-future where society, at the mercy of terrorist attacks, exists in perpetual...
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MANK LEADS NOM COUNT OF DIVERSE 2021 OSCAR CONTENDERS
There is nothing that Hollywood loves more than Hollywood. Mank, the story of the alcoholic screenwriter Herman J Mankiewicz and his near-fatal struggle to get his script for Citizen Kane finished,...
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PREVIEW: 2021 FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA
The 2021 Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA) promises a second round of extraordinary real-life horror stories, paradigm-shifting film realities and surrealistic studies of society’s...
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LOOKING TO THE STARS: HOW SCIFI CAN LEAD US INTO THE POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD
Guest columnist Anthea van den Bergh is a 'multi-platform journalist', a Melbourne-based freelance voice with a Masters degree in Journalism from the University of Melbourne. In late 2020, she...
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HORROR HONOURED AMONGST CANNES 2021 WINNERS LIST
The twisted psychology and skewed world view of the serial killer is central to two of the top award winners at the 2021 Festival de Cannes. Julia Ducornau’s Titane, a nightmarish study of a killer...
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PREVIEW: 2021 SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Sydney’s leading festival for cult and underground cinematic misadventures, the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), returns with a packed virtual program in 2021, celebrating its milestone 15th...
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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CELEBRATED IN WINNER’S ROSTER AT SYDNEY SCIENCE FICTION...
Beniamino Cantena’s debut feature VERA DE VERDAD and hometown favourite Jonathan Adam’s charming short DAILY DRIVER have taken Best Film honours in their respective categories in The 2021 Sydney...
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BIGFOOT THRILLER DEVOLUTION IN CAPABLE HANDS OF KIWI DIRECTOR
Based upon the slick visuals and chillingly deft touch in building the suspense in his Sundance 2021 hit Coming Home in the Dark, it was announced in June that director James Ashcroft would helm...
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REMEMBERING WILLIAM HURT
One of the great leading men of Hollywood’s recent history and an actor gifted with a unique and prodigious talent, Oscar-winner William Hurt has passed away from natural causes. Considered one of the...
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R.I.P. RAY LIOTTA: FIVE OF HIS GREATEST PERFORMANCES
As with all sudden passings, the death of Ray Liotta, aged 67, puts a melancholy focus on his career. What one finds is a catalogue of characters that, borne of the right material and guided by a...
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LUKAS DHONT’S CLOSE EARNS SYDNEY FILM FEST TOP HONOUR
The 69th Sydney Film Festival tonight awarded Close by Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont, a stunningly beautiful examination of boyhood friendship, the prestigious Sydney Film Prize. The winner of the...
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PREVIEW: 2022 VETERANS FILM FESTIVAL
The 7th Veterans Film Festival (VFF) relocates to Sydney from Canberra for the first-time next month, with the prestigious event unfolding at the Hoyts Entertainment Quarter and neighbouring...
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THE SCREEN-SPACE BEST FILMS OF 2022
As I read through the final draft of this 2022 wrap-up, the year’s most anticipated film has just hit cinemas. Avatar: The Way of Water needs to land with a big splash, and not just for the...
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OSCAR NOMINATIONS DOMINATED BY…IRELAND, GERMANY AND HOT DOG FINGERS.
The life-affirming adventures of a dry-cleaning matriarch who discovers her inner multi-dimensional warrior has been smiled upon by Oscar. Everything Everywhere All at Once has topped the 2023...
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PREVIEW: 2023 INNER WEST FILM FESTIVAL
From March 31 to April 2, a selection of venues across Sydney’s vibrant inner suburbs will play host to an impressive roster of award-winning Australian and World premieres as part of the inaugural...
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