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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)

Monday
May252020

FEATURES / VIRTUAL INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL TO LAUNCH IN RECONCILIATION WEEK

Six acclaimed documentaries that highlight the Indigenous culture of Australia to run during National Reconciliation Week on FanForce TV (Click here)

Monday
May252020

HORROR / FIRST WAVE OF FRONTIÈRES FUNDING HOPEFULS ANNOUNCED

The first ten films pitching for production funds as part of the Frontieres Co-Funding market have been announced, Brad Abraham's mythic monsters doc Cryptozoologist (pictured, left) amongst them (Click here

Sunday
May172020

FEATURES / VALE LYNN SHELTON: HOLLYWOOD REACTS...

Lynn Shelton, one of independent cinema's most beloved figures and a driving force behind some of the last decade's most acclaimed television hours, has died suddenly, aged 54 (Click here)

Wednesday
May132020

WORLD CINEMA / ARMENIA

A nation caught up in a long history of regional conflict has remained true to its survivor spirit in cinematic works spanning almost a century (Click here)

Wednesday
May132020

INDUSTRY / THE LIST: FIVE OF THE BEST FROM SUSAN PRIOR

Ahead of her live-stream In Conversation with Actors Centre Australia, we look at five of the best movie moments from Australian actress, Susan Prior (Click here)

Friday
May082020

REVIEWS / EXORCISM AT 60,000 FEET

Chad Ferrin's shot at a horror/comedy junk-movie cult flick mistakes volume for humour, slapstick for farce and easy shots at taboo topics for scathing wit (Click here)

Tuesday
May052020

HORROR / NEW MUTANTS IMAGES GENERATE PRE-RELEASE BUZZ...AGAIN

The latest developments in the ongoing saga regarding the will-they-won't-they release of Josh Boone's X-Men spin-off/reboot, The New Mutants (Click here)

Tuesday
May052020

REVIEWS / CRACKED UP

SNL star player Darrell Hammond reveals the horrors he endured as a victim of child abuse and the path he's taken to recovery in Michelle Esrick's tragic, moving portrait of the man and his memories (Click here)

Sunday
May032020

BLOG / DISNEY PLUS HONOURS STAR WARS CONCEPT ART FROM MAY THE FOURTH

Streaming giant Disney+ joins in the fun of May 4th, aka Star Wars Day, with new banner art celebrating the concept artists of George Lucas' space saga (Click here)

Friday
May012020

FEATURES / CRITERION CHANNEL GRILL SAFDIE BROS ON THE FILMS THEY LOVE 

The latest episode of The Criterion Channel chatshow Adventures in Moviegoing gets deep inside the frantic creative headspace of Uncut Gems co-directors, Josh and Benny Safdie (Click here)

Thursday
Apr302020

REVIEWS / CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FIFTH KIND

Can those of us with clarity of spirit directly communicate to beings from beyond the stars? Controversial theoretician Steven Greer goes there and then beyond in his latest UFO doc. (Click here)