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Sunday
Jun062021

WORLD CINEMA / JUSTIN KURZEL’S PORT ARTHUR FILM IN CANNES COMPETITION

For the first time in a decade, an Australian production will face-off against the best from aroud the globe as an In Competition title at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival (Click here

Saturday
May292021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 18

Dan and Simon review Cruella, A Quiet Place Part II, King Otto; we chat with Miah Madden and Georgia-May Davis from Dive Club; and, find some long overdue love for Braindead. Plus the Friends Reunion special. Could this be anymore Screen Watching? (Click here)

Sunday
May232021

REVIEWS / CLAW

LA-based Aussie director Gerald Rascionato hits all the right beasty beats in his new horror/comedy monster movie, Claw (Click here)

Sunday
May232021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 17

Dan and Simon review Army of The Dead, Songbird and Son of the South; interview The Walrus & The Whistleblower director, Nathalie Bibeau; and, peer deep into the Discovery/WarnerMedia merger (Click here)

Wednesday
May192021

INDUSTRY / THE BOY FROM OZ: THE BLOKE WHO CALLS STRAYA HOME 

Scriptwriter and film critic Anthony O'Connor has added novelist to his many talents with the release of his raucous post-apocalyptic yarn, Straya (Click here)

Sunday
May162021

BLOG / PREVIEW: 2021 IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Ten of the Iranian film community's finest films paints a picture of a sector applying insight and artistry to the experience of the population (Click here)

Friday
May142021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 16

Dan and Simon go 'off-site', bringing their review of Spiral: From the Book of Saw from a cinema foyer. Plus the latest from Angelina Jolie, Ewan McGregor, Barry Jenkins and Amy Adams, plus lots more (Click here)

Friday
May142021

REVIEWS / CENTRAL PARK

Can all those slasher-in-the-woods tropes work just as well in The Big Apple's leafy green haven? Justin Reinsilber slice'n'dice thriller gives it that ol' college try (Click here

Sunday
May092021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 15

Dan and Simon offer up their own 'Best Sitcoms of All Time' list; interview Weston Cage Coppola on his new film and life as 'Son of Nick'; and review new works from Anne Hathaway, Hilary Swank and Justin Theroux (Click here

Sunday
May092021

HORROR / WHEN ALEX MET BONNIE: NEW TALENT, NEW TECH IN PROYAS' FUTURE

Director Alex Proyas found a new energy while working with actress Bonnie Ferguson. Their latest short film, Mask of The Evil Apparition, premieres this week for cast and crew (Click here

Monday
May032021

WORLD CINEMA / PREVIEW: 2021 SOUTH AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL

The South African Film Festival will present a unique and engaging collection of nine documentaries, five features and two short films when it returns in 2021 (click here)

Monday
May032021

REVIEWS / THE 93RD ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

Ratings nosedived, as was expected, but more importantly - did AMPAS read the mood of the nation and present an Oscar evening with grace and (mostly) good taste? (Click here)

Monday
May032021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 14

Simon and Dan cast a post-ceremony eye over The Oscar-cast, as well as reviewing the latest from Jason Statham, Robin Wright, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Aisling Bea (click here)

Thursday
Apr222021

REVIEWS / BELLINGEN: THE PROMISED LAND

A 50 year-old feud between 'hippies' and 'rednecks' is captured with stunning clarity in Peter Geddes rough-hewn counter-culture epic doco, Bellingen: The Promised Land (click here).

Thursday
Apr222021

INDUSTRY / NEXTWAVE HONOUREES ANNOUNCED AT SWIFF GALA CEREMONY

Student filmmakers, each with a unique vision for cinematic storytelling, got a taste of award season thrills at the Nextwave Youth Film Awards in Coffs Harbour this week (Click here).