Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Testament that independent film production in Australia is in good hands is evident in Miranda Nation’s audacious feature, UNDERTOW.
Fetus envy and footballers behaving badly are the two pillars in this galvanising drama of guilt and grief, misguided support and …
One can only hope that child star, Noah Jupes, playing child star Otis, the eponymous protagonist of HONEY BOY, does not suffer the same post traumatic stress disorder his character does.
Based on Shia LaBeouf’s life and relationship with his …
Upon reading Cocaine Blues on publication thirty years ago, I thought that the book was splendid and that the protagonist, the first class heroine, Phryne Fisher a luminous leading lady ready made for the silver screen.
The book was the …
There’s an athletic aesthetic to OUR BLOOD RUNS IN THE STREET, a balletic beauty, an acrobatic grace that belies the sad and sinister story while simultaneously bolstering and buoying this most affecting, evocative and emotional performance piece.
Assembled from interviews …
A film about a lexicographer and a lunatic may not sound like a thrilling trip to the cinema but THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN works its wordy wonder despite its perfunctory title and lofty academic pursuits.
What makes this story …
Fantastic is the word!
The inaugural Fantastic Film Festival Australia (20 Feb – 4 March) has announced its full program of strange and surreal, boundary-pushing and bizarre cinema screening at Ritz Cinemas, Randwick (NSW).
Kicking off the Festival is Chained …
At the beginning of this year, many may have pondered why another movie version of Little Women was needed. Greta Gerwig’s sumptuous and splendid production vindicated itself at the box office and took home an Oscar.
Now audiences …
With exclusive and intimate access to one of Australia’s National Living Treasures, Kasimir Burgess’ feature documentary, THE LEUNIG FRAGMENTS entertains, engages and enlivens audiences with a revealing portrait of an enigmatic artist who through his newspaper cartoons just happens to …
Director Waad Al-Kateab started capturing her personal story without any plan, just filming the protests in Syria on her mobile phone, like so many other activists.
From the beginning, she says she was drawn to capture stories of life and …
The behaviour of the human being at the end of its tether is the common denominator of all drama. An uncommon denominator creates the drama in COLOUR OUT OF SPACE, Richard Stanley’s psychedelic psychodrama based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story …