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Sunday
Mar152020

WORLD CINEMA / EUROPEAN SECTOR CONDEMNS IRAN FOR PERSECUTION OF FILMMAKER

The impending incarceration of Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has unified leading European film bodies in their condemnation of the Iranian government (Click here)

Sunday
Mar152020

REVIEWS / 2020 OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL

The annual celebration of the world's most valuable substance takes in four continents on their 2020 oceanic cinematic odyssey (Click here)

Sunday
Mar152020

BLOG / THE LIST: EVERY PIXAR MOVIE – WORST TO BEST

As Pixar #22, the urban fairytale Onward, hits theatres - and with #23, Soul, due later in 2020 - we rate every film from the blockbuster animation studio, heading all the way back to their 1995 gamechanger, Toy Story (Click here)

Friday
Feb282020

FEATURES / DEADHOUSE DARK IGNITES THE CANNESERIES COMPETITION LINE-UP.

Producers Rachele Wiggins and Enzo Tedeschi (left; with actress Barbara Bingham) have secured a Top 10 slot in the the short-form series showcase Canneseries Season 3 for their horror anthology, Deadhouse Dark (Click here)

Thursday
Feb272020

REVIEWS / TOURISM

HYPERLINKS 2020: Two millennials find themselves worlds apart when a Singaporean odyssey becomes a voyage of self-discovery in Daisuke Miyazaki's latest Tourism, starring Nina Endo (Pictured, left; click here)

Thursday
Feb272020

MEDIA / TRAILERS OF THE BERLINALE

A fresh wave of international cinema is debuting at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival (Click here)

Thursday
Feb202020

MEDIA / HYPERLINKS BOASTS BIG SCREEN WEB-CONTENT IN FIRST YEAR OF INTERNET-FOCUSSED FEST.

A new Sydney film festival further blurs/redefines the ground between contemporary cinema, digital content and web dominance (Click here)

Tuesday
Feb182020

REVIEWS / GUNS AKIMBO

Daniel Radcliffe continues his dedication to out-there indie cinema, starring alongside Samara Weaving in Deathgasm director Jason Lei Howden's bloody romp, Guns Akimbo (click here)

Sunday
Feb162020

INDUSTRY / FIRST LOOK: PAUL HOGAN AS 'PAUL HOGAN' IN THE VERY EXCELLENT MR DUNDEE 

Australia's favourite film son goes down the meta-comedy route, playing himself in The Very Excellent Mr Dundee, due in cinemas April 30 (Click here)

Thursday
Feb132020

REVIEWS / SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

The alien hedgehog vidgame megastar iof the 1990s, who sucked up hours of every teenage boy's free time (and homework time, and housework time, and social time) is finally getting the bigscreen treatment (Click here)

Monday
Feb102020

BLOG / GEN-X INFLUENCE CLEAR IN OSCAR NIGHT TALENT ROSTER

A distinct sense of 'newness' pervaded the 92nd annual Academey Awards. A South Korean Best Picture winner and four acting honourees who were hotstuff in the 90s suggest change is afoot (Click here) 

Sunday
Feb092020

HORROR / BLACK LAKE: THE K / XI INTERVIEW

Inspired one of the most infamous sexual assaults in Indian history, London-based director K / XI has crafted a cerebral, chilling, perplexing monster film with Black Lake (Click here)

Friday
Jan312020

FEATURES / SEBERG: THE BENEDICT ANDREWS INTERVIEW

Two enigmatic stars, past and present, fuelled director Benedict Andrews' passion for a project with political overtones that speak directly to today's America (Click here)

Monday
Jan272020

REVIEWS / VHYES

A silly skit comedy, ala The Groove Tube? A bold artistic statement on modern culture, ala Spike Jonze? A satire on society's umbilical link to its own ugly imagery, ala Natural Born Killers? This is Jack Henry Robbins' VHYes (Click here) 

Thursday
Jan232020

REVIEWS / GO!

A new Australian family drama recalls the '80s teen classic The Karate Kid, replacing rubber mats with dusty tracks in the world of go-karting (Click here)