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THE SUN AT MIDNIGHT: THE KIRSTEN CARTHEW INTERVIEW
2017 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: The vast, magnificent country of Canada’s Northwest Territories is home to the Gwich’in people, an indigenous population whose relationship with the flora and fauna of the...
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POP AYE: THE KIRSTEN TAN INTERVIEW
2017 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: The melancholy and deeply affecting tale of a middle-aged Thai man, an elephant and a pilgrimage to reconnect with childhood memories, Pop Aye has been the darling of the...
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WHITNEY CAN I BE ME: THE NICK BROOMFIELD INTERVIEW
2017 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: From the moment Nick Broomfield arrived in the US, the British documentarian has dug deep into the darkest recesses of American society. From the juvenile detention system...
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REMEMBERING FRED J. KOENEKAMP
One of the great journeyman cinematographers of the last half-century, Fred J. Koenekamp passed away on May 31, aged 94. At a time when Hollywood was opening its doors to continental artists like...
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HOLY AIR: THE SHADY SROUR NTERVIEW
Set in Nazareth, Holy Air is the story of a Palestinian named Adam, striving against the socio-political barriers he faces everyday, to achieve his full potential and a meaningful happiness. His...
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DOC FEST DIRECTORS PONDER WHAT "DOCUMENTARY IS..."
Long before the conjured cinematic world of fictional narratives emerged, there were groundbreaking filmmakers objectively capturing the true wonders of the real world. It has been over 100 years since...
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LUNAR ORBIT: THE PATRICK BUCHANAN INTERVIEW
2017 MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL: Since forming in 1988, The Orb have conjured the kind of ambient house sounds – an offshoot of the electronica movement that combines acid house and ambient...
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GLOBAL DOC SECTOR FETED AT M.D.F.F. AWARDS NIGHT
2017 MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL: Top honours at the 2nd annual Melbourne Documentary Film Festival were bestowed upon Jedd and Todd Wider’s God Knows Where I Am at an informal closing ceremony...
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MICHELLE CAREY ON MIFF: "I LOVE SEEING PEOPLE DISCOVER CINEMA"
2017 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Now in her seventh year as the Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), Michelle Carey has established a reputation as one of...
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McLAREN: THE ROGER DONALDSON INTERVIEW
Bruce McLaren remains one of New Zealand’s most beloved sons. A giant in the world of sport to this day, the driver died aged 32 doing what would define him – striving to better the sport he loved,...
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PREVIEW: THE 2017 SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
As in years past, the 2017 Sydney Underground Film Festival exhibits no half measures in presenting the latest in off-kilter international cinema. The 11th annual event launches September 14 with an...
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WINDOW HORSES: THE ANN MARIE FLEMING INTERVIEW
Canadian multi-media artist Ann Marie Fleming has been on a three-decade journey with her creation, the indefatigable Stickgirl. The latest incarnation of the character is Rosie Ming, a mixed-race...
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VALE HARRY DEAN STANTON: AN OBITUARY
Sometimes he was known as Dean; sometimes he was Harry. Ultimately, it would be a combination of both, a three-word moniker as simple yet resonant as any spoken, that would come to define one of the...
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PREVIEW: 2017 SCIFI FILM FESTIVAL
Such otherworldly phenomena as trans-dimensional portals, parallel planes of existence and dystopian future realms are the least one should expect from an event like SciFi Film Festival, which launches...
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ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY: A RETROSPECTIVE
Born into Russian aristocracy and groomed from an early age for classical music concert halls, Andrei Konchalovsky instead chose the life of a visual artist and was soon accepted into Moscow’s...
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LOST GULLY ROAD: THE DONNA MCRAE INTERVIEW
MONSTER FEST 2017: The great horror films, works that linger in the minds and hearts of genre fans, are those that have meaning, convey a message, confront truths. Writer/director Donna McRae’s Lost...
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APSA-NOMINATED ACTRESS HONOURS INDONESIAN HEROINE IN ATHIRAH
It became one of Indonesian film’s most sought-after leading parts – the role of Athirah Kulla, mother of the nation’s current Vice President Jusuf Kulla, in director Riri Riza’s adaptation of...
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SCARY MOTHER: THE ANA URUSHADZE / NATO MURVANDZE INTERVIEW
2017 ASIA PACIFIC FILM AWARDS: Ana Urushadze is a 27 year-old writer/director who hails from Tbilisi in Georgia. Her debut film, a stark and challenging drama called Scary Mother, may be the finest...
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PREVIEW: 2018 SCREENWAVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
As summer temperatures reach seasonal highs on the New South Wales north coast, the Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) will afford adventurous film lovers respite from the heat with its...
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THE WOUND: THE JOHN TRENGROVE INTERVIEW
The very existence of a film like The Wound (Inxeba) within the South African film sector is remarkable. Johannesburg-based writer-director John Trengrove crafted the gay-themed narrative to, “push...
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