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REQUIEM FOR A VILLAGE: THE KIMBERLEY JOSEPH INTERVIEW
Australian soap-opera fans fondly remember Kimberly Joseph, the radiant young actress who won the nation’s heart in the popular series Home and Away and All Saints. But her starlet days are a distant...
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THE WARRIOR WAY: THE TEMUERA MORRISON INTERVIEW
It has been 20 years since Lee Tamahori’s adaptation of Alan Duff’s novel Once Were Warriors left international audiences stunned. At the centre of the brutal, heartbreaking drama was Jake ‘The Muss’...
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REVELATION 2014 PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW
Bold new ventures from the likes of Robin Wright, Nicholas Cage and Tom Hardy mingle seamlessly with the latest in socio-political commentary and underground edginess at Revelation 2014, as the west...
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FIELD OF DREAMS: THE JOSH TANNER INTERVIEW
The first thing that strikes you about Josh Tanner is that he certainly looks like the current crop of young directors ruling the film world. Resembling a genetic level mash-up of JJ Abrams, Joss...
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CURIOUS GEORGE: THE JENNIFER M KROOT INTERVIEW
Despite her films being warmly accessible works, Jennifer M Kroot favours the outsider's view of her America. In 2009's It Came From Kuchar, she offered a deeply affecting profile of the life and art...
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TRUE GRIT: THE TOM SKERRITT INTERVIEW
Tom Skerritt has never sought A-list recognition, preferring projects that challenge and engage his craft. From early credits that would become counter-culture classics (M*A*S*H; Harold and Maude),...
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A CHANGE OF SEASONS: THE JEFF CANIN INTERVIEW
With the wealth of debate on key issues and the availability of broadcast quality technology, the 'enviromental documentary' has become a ubiquitous genre. To rise above the new wave of 'message...
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SUFF 2014 PREVIEW: SUBVERSIVE SCHEDULE SET TO RATTLE SYDNEY PSYCHE
The 2014 Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF) enters its 8th year topped and tailed by two of international cinemas most buzzed-about films, ensuring the event, overseen by the dedicated duo of...
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POSSIBLE WORLDS OFFERS IMPOSSIBLE ROSTER OF FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Given the bracing originality and unique visions of the films programmed, there is a sweet irony to the almost clichéd progression of the Possible Worlds Film Festival. The annual celebration of...
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HIDDEN TALENTS HAILED BY NEW GALLIC GALLERY
In her two decades as one of French cinema’s most influential producers, Anne-Dominique Toussaint has guided to international glory such award winners as Respiro (2002), Caramel (2007), The Hedgehog...
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SEA OF LOVE: THE GIRL SAVING OUR OCEAN'S ALPHA PREDATOR
Much is made of the notion that it must be the current generation of young people who will start to rebuild the planet, righting the wrongs of those before them. No one embodies the spirit of global...
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LITTLE BIG MAN: THE ANDREW LEAVOLD INTERVIEW
It all began with For Y’ur Height Only, a no-budget Filipino Bond rip-off starring an 83cm tall Primordial dwarf named Weng Weng. Cult movie aficionado and guerilla filmmaker Andrew Leavold recalls...
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DAY OF THE ANIMALS: THE MICHAEL DAHLSTROM INTERVIEW
Despite offering up one of the most confronting film experiences of the MIFF 2014 program, director Michael Dahlstrom is a happy man. His documentary, The Animal Condition examines our complex...
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WAR STORY: THE CATHERINE KEENER INTERVIEW
One of the great unanswered questions in recent Hollywood history has been, “Why doesn’t Catherine Keener do more lead roles?” Beloved for support turns that enhance everything and everyone around her...
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A GOOD YEAR: THE NADIR CASELLI INTERVIEW
Nadir Caselli will remember 2014 very fondly. Already a beloved TV actress, the 26 year-old Tuscan native has chosen her big screen roles with wisdom and purpose. She debuted in a crucial support part...
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FOR THE BOYS: THE PASCAL VUONG INTERVIEW
The Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, represent arguably the greatest military operation of modern warfare. Despite being documented and studied as one of the most immense and precise invasions ever...
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PLAYING FOR THE MOB: THE CAYMAN GRANT INTERVIEW
It would become one of the greatest scandals in a nation’s sporting history. Young men, upon whose All-American shoulders rested the hopes of the 1978 Boston College basketball fraternity, ‘gotten to’...
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SNOW ANGEL: THE ANNA MARGARET HOLLYMAN INTERVIEW
Australian audiences first tasted the bittersweet world of Zach Clark’s White Reindeer on the genre festival circuit in 2013. The story of Suzanne, a recently widowed suburbanite who uncovers her dead...
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WHATEVER...: THE CHARLIE LYNE INTERVIEW
Charlie Lyne, a culture blogger and film critic, has directed the stunning ‘clip-umentary’, Beyond Clueless, which deconstruucts and analyses the 90s/00s teen movie craze with incisive clarity. From...
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PREVIEW: 2015 PERTH UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Matthew Darch is well known amongst Perth’s artistic community for his passionate commitment to all things cinema. As founder of the cult classics screening initiative 1UP MicroCinema, he brings...
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