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CREEPSHOW: THE MONSTER FEST 2013 PREVIEW
Securing the star of the scariest horror movie of all time has proved a major coup for Monster Fest 2013. Taking place in Melbourne from November 21, this relative newcomer to Australia’s film festival...
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OVER THE TOP: TILT 2013 SET TO GET HEARTS PUMPING
It takes a lot to get the thrillseeking extreme sports enthusiast off the slopes or away from the waves. But the TILT Action Sports Film Festival has found a way – bring together some of the most...
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THE KILLER INSIDE ME: THE DUNCAN CUNNINGHAM INTERVIEW
He created Foresight Killer Instinct, the Ozploitation sensation that spins modern riffs on the age-old vigilante killer theme. But writer/director Duncan Cunningham (pictured, below; far right, with...
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WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: THE ANDREW TRAUCKI INTERVIEW
Andrew Traucki has waded knee-deep through swamps to convey the terror of a crocodile attack in Black Water and plunged into the open ocean to capture the horror of being stalked by a Great White Shark...
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KIER-LA JANISSE AND THE WOMEN IN HER LIFE
Canadian film scholar Kier-La Janisse (pictured, below) paints an unforgettable portrait of international cinema’s most deranged and driven female leads in her landmark book, House of Psychotic Women:...
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BODY MELT: THE ADDISON HEATH INTERVIEW
Emerging from the blood-soaked mayhem of the Monster Fest 2013 program is Australian writing talent, Addison Heath. The Melbourne-born 26 year-old is premiering his ‘sociopathic Mr Whippee’ black...
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JOE SOMEBODY: THE MICHAEL TIERNEY INTERVIEW
(WARNING – Some content is of a graphic, sexually-explicit nature and may offend) Michael Tierney has enjoyed a life of hedonistic excess. He was born into the biz (the son of Edward Tierney; the...
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING: THE SILENT FILM CAREER OF BABY PEGGY
Peggy-Jean Montgomery, the child star who would come to be adored by a nation as ‘Baby Peggy’, was the biggest silent film star on the planet. In Vera Irewerbor’s revealing new documentary Baby Peggy:...
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FAMILY GUY: THE RUBEN ALVES INTERVIEW
Within hours of stepping off a transcontinental flight, Ruben Alves is deep into an Australian interview schedule in support of his directorial debut, The Gilded Cage. A bittersweet comedy/drama with...
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SOLITARY MAN: THE GEORGE BASHA INTERVIEW
From a memorable character part in Steven Vidler’s Blackrock, George Basha has graduated to tough-guy, leading man status. Somewhat uniquely for Australia’s relatively small industry, those roles have...
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CHILD'S PLAY: FAIRYTALES AND FABLES AT GOMA
In Brian Selznick’s illustrated novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the grandfather of fantastic cinema, Georges Méliès declares, “Fairytales can only happen in movies.” Queensland’s Gallery of Modern...
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WOLF MAN: THE JOHN JARRATT INTERVIEW
As Mick Taylor, the sociopathic serial killer of Greg Mclean’s 2005 horror hit Wolf Creek, John Jarratt spun his career off on to yet another unpredictable tangent. After roles in Picnic at Hanging...
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2014 ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS LIST
The full list of nominees for the 86th annual Academy Awards were announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles overnight by actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Chryl Boone (pictured,...
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NEW YORK STORIES: THE JUSTIN COLE INTERVIEW
Justin Cole was a passionate filmmaker with a vision – to revive the all-encompassing found-footage experience embodied by The Blair Witch Project, the original shaky-cam shocker that rocked every...
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2014 MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL: PREVIEW
As the Opening Night festival-goers enjoy the post-screening festivities in Sydney’s George St cinema precinct, SCREEN-SPACE looks at some of the highlights the next ten days offer at the 21st annual...
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SKIN DEEP: THE GREATEST FULL BODY MAKEUP PERFORMANCES
CGI technology has seen the art of acting under a full body prosthetic all but disappear. Performance-capture technology, made famous by actor Andy Serkis’ mastery of the dotted leotard in the roles of...
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BAND OF BROTHERS: THE HIMIONA GRACE INTERVIEW
Director Himiona Grace is part of a literary legacy responsible for some of the most moving accounts of Maori life in New Zealand history; his mother is renowned writer Patricia Grace and his wife,...
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IN TOO DEEP: JEMIMA ROBINSON AND THE OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL
As the month-long run of the Ocean Film Festival Australia (OFFA) nears its end, Festival Director Jemima Robinson reflects upon her vision to bring a celebration of oceanic culture to a population...
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WONG KAR-WAI BACK IN FAVOUR WITH HONG KONG AWARDS BODY
Wong Kar-Wai’s epic, intimate fusion of intrigue and action, The Grandmaster (pictured, below), has dominated the 33rd annual Hong Kong Film Awards, held overnight at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. The...
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MEDICINE MAN: THE DAVID GOULD INTERVIEW
With mentors that include director Peter Jackson and editor Jamie Selkirk, Queensland-born director David Gould was never far from visionary inspiration. Since relocating to Wellington, New Zealand,...
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