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Monday
Jul132020

BLOG / REMEMBERING KELLY PRESTON: THE FILMS WE LOVE

Remember the beauty and talent of the late Kelly Preston with any one of her typically memorable performances in these great films. Vale... (Click here)

Monday
Jul132020

MEDIA / GIMME SHELTER! NEW STREAMING PLATFORM SEEKS TRUTH BY DESIGN 

A new home-viewing platform, focussed on how mankind fills his earthbound state in the form of architecture and design, is set to bow July 31 (Click here)

Tuesday
Jul072020

INDUSTRY / THE LEGEND OF THE FIVE: THE JOANNE SAMUEL INTERVIEW

One of the most adored of all Australian actresses, Joanne Samuel steps behind the camera for the first time for the teen adventure story, The Legend of The Five (Click here

Sunday
Jul052020

REVIEWS / LE CHOC DU FUTUR 

MARCHE DU FILM 2020: A version of history in which women get the credit due them for the invention of synth-pop makes for a rousing celebration of '80s music and its influence (Click here)

Wednesday
Jul012020

FEATURES / THE LIST: WATCH THE SKIES - THE FIVE BEST U.F.O. FILMS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN

On the eve of World UFO Day 2020, we search to the furthest corners of the galaxy to find five films that bring the phenomenon to vivid life (Click here)

Tuesday
Jun232020

REVIEWS / THE LEGEND OF THE FIVE

'The Breakfast Club go to Ferngully' in the new Aussie Y.A. romp that leans heavily on the ‘80s teen movie beats to soft-sell an urgent environmental message (Click here).

Friday
Jun192020

REVIEWS / WHAT GOES AROUND

A new Australian horror feature plays out as a loving, bloody homage to such 90s shockers as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer (Click here)

Saturday
Jun132020

INDUSTRY / AUDIO GUIDE FOLLOW-UP SOUNDS GOOD BUT SHORTS NEED CASH

Director Chris Elena's acclaimed short Audio Guide was an international festival hit, but that means little when it comes to funding his follow-up film (Click here)

Friday
Jun122020

REVIEWS / HIDDEN ORCHARD MYSTERIES: THE CASE OF THE AIR B&B ROBBERY

The 'teen detective' genre gets a contemporary makeover, bouyed my two great leading ladies, in this potential franchise starter from director Brian C. Shackelford (Click here

Tuesday
Jun092020

BLOG / REVFEST FINDS ITS GROOVE WITH COUCHED FIRST WAVE

Revelations Perth International Film Festival, aka, 'The West's Best Fest', has announced the first wave of titles (including 1000 Kings, left) that will be part of their 2020 online initiative, Couched (Click here)

Sunday
Jun072020

WORLD CINEMA / THE LIST: NINE GREAT FIRST-NATION FILMS

Indigenous Cinema has had to fight hard to be heard above the din of mainstream film culture and overcome the dominant industry paradigm. Here are nine films that relate the lived experience of cultures rarely seen on-screen (Click here)

Thursday
Jun042020

FEATURES / 'VIVI IL CINEMA!': CANNES 2020 TITLES COUNTER COVID CANCELLATION 

With The Croisette an empty stretch of road this year, the Cannes 2020 'Covid Edition' titles had to embody the essence of the Festival de Cannes like never before (Click here

Monday
Jun012020

REVIEWS / BEING GAVIN

If Woody Allen, in his prime, had shot one of his comedy-drama classics in Sydney, it would look a lot like Being Gavin, the latest work from directors Owen Elliott and Mark Killmurry (Click here)

Friday
May292020

REVIEWS / MY YEAR OF LIVING MINDFULLY

Journalist Shannon Harvey chronicles her 365 days of full and total immersion in meditative mindfulness in this fascinating, joyous look at the workings of the mind (Click here)

Wednesday
May272020

REVIEWS / 100% WOLF

A new homegrown animated family adventure, adapted from the YA-fantasy bestsellers fron Jane Lyons, possesses all the right qualities needed for it to hit big internationally (Click here)