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Saturday
Sep182021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 39

Dan & Simon celebrate the return of a TV favourite, in the gender-swapped Doogie Kamealoha M.D.; watch the skies, for JJ Abram's UFO; and, rattle of our favourite True Crime dramas (Click here

Saturday
Sep182021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 38

Veteran funny men Steve Martin and Martin Short find their perfect foil in Selena Gomez and bring joy to TV streaming in Disney+'s new series Only Murders in The Building. Plus director James Ashcroft and remembering 9/11 (Click here)

Saturday
Sep112021

REVIEWS / KATE

Mary Elizabeth Winstead goes full-on avenging angel in this bloody entrant in the 'female assassin' genre; out now on Netflix (Click here)

Thursday
Sep022021

WORLD CINEMA / THE PHILIPPINES

September is Philippines Film Industry Month 2021, so we looked back at the last 100 years of determined, defiant filmmakers that have shaped the often unsung Asian sector (Click here)

Sunday
Aug292021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 37

"The horror...the horror..." With Candyman in cinemas and Chapelwaite on TV, Dan & Simon brave the dark recesses of their minds for a horror-focussed podcast (Click here)

Sunday
Aug292021

REVIEWS / WITCHES OF BLACKWOOD

Kate Whitaker's sinister brew of smalltown witchery is an under-the-radar Oz indie well worth a look (Click here)

Wednesday
Aug252021

REVIEWS / WHEN I'M A MOTH

Remember that time in 1969 when Hillary Rodham worked the production line at a fish co-op in Alaska? Don't worry, directors Zachary Cotler and Magdalena Zyzak will conjure it for you in the spellbinding When I'm a Moth (click here).

Tuesday
Aug242021

INDUSTRY / NEMO HEADS NORTH AS DISNEY+ SERIES NAUTILUS DOCKS IN QUEENSLAND

The Mouse House keeps coming back to the Gold Coast! This time, streaming arm Disney+ will invest millions in a multi-arc retelling of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Click here)

Monday
Aug232021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 36

Some serious starpower in this week's Screen Watching review section - Sandra Oh, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Hall, Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, to name just a few (Click here)

Friday
Aug202021

PODCAST / THE SCREEN WATCHING INTERVIEW: COURTNEY GAINS

From the malevolent 'Malachai' in Children of the Corn to being beaten up by Ann Margaret in his latest film, Queen Bees, character actor Courtney Gains has corralled some extraordinary tales of life as one of Hollywood's great support players (Click here) 

Wednesday
Aug182021

FEATURES / PREVIEW: 2021 SYDNEY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL

The COVID clampdown has forced SUFF online, but  these deperate times haven't impacted the line-up (including the kiddie creature-feature, Kratt; pictured, left). When the going gets tough, SUFF gets going (Click here) 

Wednesday
Aug182021

PODCAST / THE SCREEN WATCHING INTERVIEW: BARBARA CRAMPTON

Ever since the 'severed head' scene in the 1985 gore classic Re-Animator, Barbara Crampton has been a horror favourite. We talk to her about her latest, Jakob's Wife, and the career like few have enjoyed (Click here)

Monday
Aug162021

REVIEWS / YOU CANNOT KILL DAVID ARQUETTE

Having bummed out every wrestling fan in 2000, David Arquette re-enters the ring to win over his favourite sport's most devoted followers. If he takes back control of his career, too...well, that would be good (Click here).

Sunday
Aug152021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 35

Lockdown be damned! Dan & Simon find lots of screens to watch - they review CODA, The Newsreader, Free Guy and Reservation Dogs; interview The Ice Road director Jonathan Hensleigh; and, preview the week ahead in streaming (Click here).

Sunday
Aug152021

WORLD CINEMA / "I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR SILENCE": A PLEA FOR HELP FROM THE AFGHAN FILM COMMUNITY

The surge of Taliban forces in the wake of America's withdrawal from the region has led to a heartbreaking plea for survival from the head of the Afghan Film Organisation (Click here)