THE AACTA INTERVIEW - SARAH SNOOK
Moments after Sarah Snook's Lead Actress nomination was announced, the radiant star of Not Suitable for Children sat with Screen-Space to reflect upon her time making Peter Templeman's inner-city...
View ArticleLIVING IN ALLEN TOWN - THE SOPHIE LELLOUCH INTERVIEW
A life-long obsession with the wit and wisdom of Woody Allen has led to French director Sophie Lellouch's film debut, the eccentric Parisian romantic-comedy Paris Manhattan. In her charmingly staggered...
View ArticleOSCAR 2013: LET THE CONTEST BEGIN...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) kept the 2013 nominations relatively close to the industry’s spiritual home with the announcement overnight of this year’s Oscar contenders....
View ArticleHOLLYWOOD GRIND: THE MICHAEL BIEHN INTERVIEW
If you are a forty-something male with even a passing interest in film, Michael Biehn needs no introduction. The lean, physical actor has crafted a highly respected body of work in Hollywood since his...
View ArticleTHE SHORT FILM THAT SAVED JANE CAMPION.
For Oscar-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, the environment in which her key protagonists exist is as crucial to her narratives as her characters and the actors who play them. Her latest project, the...
View ArticleSPACE MAN: THE ARMEN EVRENSEL INTERVIEW
Journeying from Whistler, British Columbia, to the furthest reaches of the galaxy may seem a tad ambitious for a first-time feature filmmaker. But for Canadian native Armen Evrensel (pictured, below;...
View ArticleSKIN FLICK: THE ERIC FALARDEAU INTERVIEW
Thanatomorphose exists within that realm of cinematic visions that challenges even the most ardently cynical of moviegoers. The debut feature from Canadian writer/director Eric Falardeau, it tells the...
View ArticleRAW LIKE SUSHI: THE KERN SAXTON INTERVIEW
Emerging as one of the cult hits of the year is Sushi Girl, the debut feature from writer/director Kern Saxton. The story of a naked woman covered in raw fish who must remain immobile as a desperate...
View Article'COS IT'S WHO WE ARE: THE JOSH LANER INTERVIEW
'Cosplay' is the phenomenon of dressing as one's favourite fictional character and parading your creation wth pride, specifically amongst the like-minded at huge cosplay conventions. Canadian...
View ArticleAPOCALYPSE NOW: THE ANDREW ROBERTSON AND LILLY KANSO INTERVIEW
Under their New York-based Passerby Film banner, the team of director Andrew Robertson and producer Lilly Kanso shot the gritty, post-apocalypse thriller The Mansion in the eerie abandoned middle class...
View ArticleDRESSING FOR A WAR: REMEMBERING 1941 WITH DEBORAH NADOOLMAN-LANDIS
One of the film world's greatest costume designers, in Australia for the launch of her exhibition Hollywood Costumes, recalls her first big-budget studio feature - Steven Spielberg's grand folly, 1941....
View ArticleSPIRITED COMEDY: THE MARLON WAYANS INTERVIEW
Given the recent dire efforts in the field of found footage horror, some may suggest a parody is a bit redundant. But for writer and comedian Marlon Wayans, there is still a lot that can be laughed at....
View ArticleDEEP IN THE HEART: THE DON SWAYNOS INTERVIEW
Far from the gaudy excesses of Hollywood is Austin, Texas, home to a small but passionate enclave of independent filmmakers producing some of the most idiosyncratic visions in American cinema. The...
View ArticleSTREETS OF FIRE: THE BRENNA SANCHEZ INTERVIEW
With her co-director Tom Putnam, Detroit native Brenna Sanchez (pictured, below) has crafted Burn, an intimate yet exciting documentary that all but defines the term 'fly-on-the-wall' filmmaking....
View ArticleSUFFOCATION: THE KATHERINE BERGER INTERVIEW
Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF) co-director Katherine Berger had just launched the 7th edition of the East Coast's most provocative film event when she spoke to SCREEN-SPACE. With the 2013...
View ArticleAMERICAN ANTI-HERO: MUFF'S LAWRENCE TIERNEY RETROSPECTIVE
The 2013 Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) will screen four films that define the career and persona of one of Hollywood’s most fearsome leading men, the late Lawrence Tierney (pictured,...
View ArticleLADIES FIRST: ANTENNA'S KIM LONGINOTTO RETROSPECTIVE
“If women have no rights, if they are completely powerless, then they're the ones that you're going to want to make films about. If there was a place where men were being kicked around and women were...
View ArticleTHE DARK BACKWARDS: THE BRET EASTON ELLIS INTERVIEW
His works have defined the dark heart of America’s upper-middle class for four decades. From the coke-fuelled hedonism of the 80’s (Less Than Zero, 1987) to the ambition-riddled avarice on the 90’s...
View ArticleTAPEHEADS: THE JOSH JOHNSON INTERVIEW
Josh Johnson directed Rewind This!, a documentary that traces the impact of the VHS tape and Home Video Industry boom period of the 1980s. The words ‘Home Video Industry’ are capitalized for a simple...
View ArticleFRONTLINE: THE ADRIAN POWERS AND JOHAN EARL INTERVIEW
It is the Australian film garnering headlines around the world but barely making a dint with local distributors. Forbidden Ground, a World War 1 drama that captures both the torment of the trench-bound...
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