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IN AMERICA: THE RAMIN BAHRANI INTERVIEW
Few films in recent memory have tapped zeitgeist angst like Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes. Set in Orlando Florida, the hot-button Oscar contender tells of blue collar everyman Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield)...
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: THE STEVE DE JARNATT INTERVIEW
The defining elements of Steve De Jarnatt’s 1988 feature Miracle Mile could just as easily condemned it to Netflix oblivion, instead of the deserved cult status it enjoys. The central romance between...
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SCHLOCK AND AWE: THE CHRISTOPHER R MIHM INTERVIEW.
Schlock auteur Christopher R Mihm is the reigning Overlord of the ‘Mihmiverse’, a collection of films inspired by the B-movie, drive-in gems of the 1950s. The Minnesota-based maverick has been making...
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THE SHELTER: THE MICHAEL PARE INTERVIEW
Michael Paré is a rare talent, embodying the phrase ‘a great character actor in a leading man’s body’. His iconic roles – Tom Cody in Streets of Fire; Eddie in Eddie and The Cruisers; David in The...
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ASHES AND DIAMONDS: THE ANNE RICHEY INTERVIEW
It would become known as ‘Black Saturday’, the day in February 2009 never to be forgotten by Australians. In the hinterland of the southern state of Victoria, bushfires decimated acres, laying to waste...
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PREVIEW: 2016 BRISBANE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
To inspire her 2016 programming choices, Brisbane Underground Film Festival (BUFF) director Nina Riddel has drawn upon the wisdom of alternative culture icon John Waters. “I like the word...
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OSCAR'S REVENGE: ANGRY MEN LEAD 2016 NOMINATIONS RACE
The Revenant and Mad Max Fury Road took boasting honours after the nominations for the 2016 Academy Awards were revealed at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles at 5.30am, PT. Cheryl Boone,...
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THE POWER OF ONE: THE PHILLIP VIANNINI INTERVIEW
With his director Jonathan Taggart, producer Phillip Viannini spent two years documenting the off-grid existence of the sustainable communities in some of Canada’s most extreme wilderness. The result...
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WATER WORLD: THE ANGIE DAVIS INTERVIEW.
From her home in the Byron Bay hinterland, Angie Davis has reached across oceans and continents to tell the story of Lobitos and its people. The Peruvian coastal village, its self-sustained emergence...
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FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS: THE MAIKE BROCHHAUS INTERVIEW.
For Maike Brochhaus, sexuality in cinema is due for some redefining. An advocate of pro-sex feminism who lectures on the role of pornography in art history, the German filmmaker has directed a...
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SAVE THE LAST DANCE: THE GERMAN KRAL INTERVIEW.
Drawing from his homeland’s rhythmic soul, German Kral has crafted vivid cinematic representations of South American music and dance over the last 20 years (Tango Berlin, 1997; Musica Cubana, 2004; The...
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AUSSIE AUTEUR PUTS 'FILM' BACK INTO SHORT FILM PRODUCTION.
For a moment, imagine that the arduous slog undertaken by the next-no-budget short film auteur is not already daunting enough. How could a filmmaker make the thankless journey exponentially more...
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WORKING CLASS MAN: THE HEATH DAVIS INTERVIEW
The burden of past glories and the crippling impact of addiction are dissected in Broke, a new Australian film from writer/director Heath Davis. Featuring a typically intense turn from the great Steve...
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CANNES 2016: WHO'S WHO IN THE OFFICIAL COMPETITION JURY
Under the stewardship of Jury President George Miller, the films competing for the 2016 Festival de Cannes Palme d’Or will be judged by a jury of eight – four men and four women – each with their own...
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BORN IN THE U.S.A.:THE RICHARD SOWADA INTERVIEW
Independent: (adj) free from outside control; not subject to another's authority. Australian filmgoers seeking to be challenged and energized will welcome a new cinema event called Essential...
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PREVIEW: 63rd SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
The production prowess of 15 film territories infuses the 12 features vying for competitive honours at the 63rd Sydney Film Festival (SFF). Opening June 8 with the World Premiere of Ivan Sen’s...
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NOTES ON A SCANDAL: THE SCOTT HICKS INTERVIEW
Brilliant, often troubled personalities consumed by the power of music have yielded rewarding cinema for director Scott Hicks. After conquering the world and earning two 1996 Oscar nominations for his...
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CANNES FAVOURS PAST WINNERS WITH 2016 COMPETITION PRIZES
One of the favourite sons of the Cannes Film Festival, veteran British director Ken Loach, has won the 2016 Palme d’Or for his working-class battlers drama I, Daniel Blake. It is the second time the...
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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES: THE BRUNO DUMONT INTERVIEW.
The words 'Bruno Dumont' and ‘comedy’ are not often spoken in the same sentence. The French auteur’s films have largely been bleak, desperate studies of flawed characters struggling with tragic lives...
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FRESH FACT-BASED FEST SET TO WARM SOUTHERN CINEPHILES
The cinematic landscape of Australia’s most cosmopolitan capital develops further with the launch of the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. From July 9, the three day event will transform the Howler...
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