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Saturday
Jun122021

WORLD CINEMA / R.I.P. BUDDHADEV DASGUPTA

A legacy of over 50 years of stunning cinematic artistry means the great Bengali filmmaker Buddhadev Dasgupta will never be forgotten (Click here). 

Saturday
Jun122021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 20

Dan & Simon ponder just what Disney are up to with their make-villains-good agenda (this week, it's Loki); consider that rare creature - an understated Christopher Walken - in Percy; and, watch as sexy Spaniards woo each other in Foodie Love. (Click here)

Friday
Jun112021

BLOG / SIX EARLYBIRD TITLES EARN SYDNEY SCIENCE FICTION FILM FEST PLACEMENT

The first wave of titles have been announced for the 2021 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival, amongst them Andrew Jaksch's acclaimed new short, Today (pictured, left; click here)

Thursday
Jun102021

REVIEWS / LISEY'S STORY

Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Pablo Larrain, J.J. Abrams, uniting over a script by Stephen King. Surely Lisey's Story, AppleTV+ new 8 hour limited series, is streaming content at its finest? Right...? (Click here)

Sunday
Jun062021

PODCAST / MEET THE FILMMAKERS: A SCREEN WATCHING BONUS EPISODE

Simon sits down Andrew Levitas and Beth Elise Hawk - two filmmakers whose work share a strong social conscience - in this bonus episode of Screen Watching (Click here).

Sunday
Jun062021

PODCAST / SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 19

From cinemas grandest follies and the latest big screen reviews to a new Netflix sensation and one of Britain's most beloved comediennes, Dan and Simon bring you a fresh batch of entertainment sector stories (Click here)

Sunday
Jun062021

FEATURES / LOOKING TO THE STARS: HOW SCIFI CAN LEAD US INTO THE POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD

Guest writer Anthea van den Bergh examines who genre cinema foretold a pandemic and how its visionary storytellers can help us overcome its impact (Click here)

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