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TO DIE FOR: THE ANURAG KASHYAP INTERVIEW
His best films are confronting, contemporary works that challenge India’s filmmaking culture. Similarly, Anurag Kashyap defies expectations as an interviewee; his stare is intense, but his manner is...
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REVFEST HAS HAND IN PUPPET MASTER'S LEGACY
Fans of the eclectic slate for which Perth’s annual Revelation International Film Festival has become known won’t be disappointed in 2016. West coasters can choose from the experimental non-dialogue...
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HARMONIUM: THE KOJI FUKADA INTERVIEW.
Revisiting elements of his 2010 drama Hospitality, writer-director Kôji Fukada crafted one of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival’s breakout titles with his latest, Harmonium (Fuchi ni tatsu). The chilling,...
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PREVIEW: 2016 SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Works from alternative sector giants Todd Solondz, Sion Sono, Richard Tuohy and John Waters and the world premiere of Australian director Ben Ferris’ urban decay documentary 57 Lawson highlight the...
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DARING DIVERSITY IS TRUMP CARD IN 2016 MUFF SEASON
For 17 years, Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) festival director Richard Wolstencroft has programmed his event fearlessly, often counter to that which is considered socially acceptable; in...
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ANIMAL INSTINCT: THE BOGDAN MIRICA INTERVIEW
At the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, ‘young, handsome and talented’ chokes the footpaths. So for Romanian writer/director Bogdan Mirica to tick all those boxes and still rise above the din is no small...
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PREVIEW: MONSTER FEST 2016
There was once a time when dabbling in the horror genre or grabbing a paycheck for some tawdry ‘B-thriller’ suggested an actor’s status was on the slide. One only need skim the star power on offer at...
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VALE CARRIE FISHER
As the daughter of 50s Hollywood A-listers Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, a young Carrie was born into the insanity of the showbusines elite. From her film debut as the teen seductress of Warren...
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A.M.P.A.S. ADDRESSES DIVERSITY DETRACTORS WITH 2017 OSCARS NOMS.
AMPAS has responded to one of last year’s most hashtagged controversies with a 2017 Oscar ballot rich in such diverse visions as Moonlight, Fences and Hidden Figures. Seven minorities have been pegged...
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TRUE BLUE HOUND BOUND FOR BERLIN RED CARPET.
Despite earning A$22million at the domestic box office, a sequel to the 2011 hit Red Dog was never a sure thing. Surely producer Nelson Woss (Ned Kelly, 2003), with director Kriv Stenders and writer...
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AUSTRALIAN STORY / THE JENNY WU INTERVIEW
Since graduating from the nation’s premiere acting school in 2010, Jenny Wu has forged a unique niche for herself in the Australasian sector as an actor determined to challenge the established...
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DARCY GLADWIN AND THE MUSINGS OF A WEB PROPHET
At any time in film history, the emergence of a truly free and independent cinematic vision has been cause for celebration. With his film Godplex, a surreal journey that follows a poet/prophet...
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JASPER JONES: THE RACHEL PERKINS INTERVIEW
The big-screen adaptation of Craig Silvey’s beloved bestseller Jasper Jones is one of the most eagerly anticipated local films of the year. The story has become an Australian classic; the tale of the...
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FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON: THE NICOLE GARCIA INTERVIEW
Reworking Milena Agus’ novel Mal di pietre for the big screen was always going to be a daunting task. The setting of 1950s rural France demanded all the period trappings; the narrative unfolds as an...
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THE BEDROOM: THE ANNA BROWNFIELD INTERVIEW
Like the trailblazing feminist pornographer Candida Royalle before her, Anna Brownfield has determinedly chosen the path less travelled to fulfil her artistic vision. The Melbourne-based filmmaker has...
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IN THE FLESH: THE JULIA DUCOURNAU INTERVIEW.
It was the film that became the cause célèbre at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, driven by a wave of glowing trade reviews and the passionate response from audience members, as they emerged ashen-faced...
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FIVE DAYS ON LESVOS: THE RICHARD WYLLIE INTERVIEW
In the summer of 2015, director Richard Wyllie and his producer, Sam Brown, left behind their London base and travelled 1500 miles to the Greek island of Lesvos. Their aim was to craft a documentary...
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RUSSIAN FEST DIRECTOR RECALLS BOLSHOI FILM PREMIERE
The Moscow premiere of director Valery Todorovsky’s latest film, The Bolshoi, quickly became the hottest event ticket on the 2017 Russian film calendar. On April 17, 1400 of Moscow’s most esteemed...
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WOLF AND SHEEP: THE SHAHRBANOO SADAT INTERVIEW
2017 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: Shahrbanoo Sadat was 20 years old when her story treatment for Wolf and Sheep earned her a prestigious Cinéfondation residency at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. She was the...
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THE GATEWAY BUG: THE JOHANNA B. KELLY INTERVIEW
Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, may be the ecological ‘get out of jail’ card the planet needs. So say the band of cricket-munching, fly-swallowing, moth-chewing experts featured in The...
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