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Monday
Feb102020

BLOG / GEN-X INFLUENCE CLEAR IN OSCAR NIGHT TALENT ROSTER

A distinct sense of 'newness' pervaded the 92nd annual Academey Awards. A South Korean Best Picture winner and four acting honourees who were hotstuff in the 90s suggest change is afoot (Click here) 

Sunday
Feb092020

HORROR / BLACK LAKE: THE K / XI INTERVIEW

Inspired one of the most infamous sexual assaults in Indian history, London-based director K / XI has crafted a cerebral, chilling, perplexing monster film with Black Lake (Click here)

Friday
Jan312020

FEATURES / SEBERG: THE BENEDICT ANDREWS INTERVIEW

Two enigmatic stars, past and present, fuelled director Benedict Andrews' passion for a project with political overtones that speak directly to today's America (Click here)

Monday
Jan272020

REVIEWS / VHYES

A silly skit comedy, ala The Groove Tube? A bold artistic statement on modern culture, ala Spike Jonze? A satire on society's umbilical link to its own ugly imagery, ala Natural Born Killers? This is Jack Henry Robbins' VHYes (Click here) 

Thursday
Jan232020

REVIEWS / GO!

A new Australian family drama recalls the '80s teen classic The Karate Kid, replacing rubber mats with dusty tracks in the world of go-karting (Click here)

Thursday
Jan232020

REVIEWS / THE WAVE

Psychotropic drug-use turns Justin Long's insurance lawyer into a time-jumping moralist in Gille Klabin's head-trip fantasy (Click here)

Tuesday
Jan142020

BLOG / JOKER HAS LAST LAUGH WITH ELEVEN 2020 OSCAR NOMINATIONS

OSCARS 2020: Joaquin Phoenix's manic madman in Todd Phillip's Joker edges out Martin Scorses's The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood for the most 2020 Academy Award nominations (Click here)  

Monday
Jan132020

FEATURES / WILDCAT! THE RESURRECTION OF THE FILMS OF MARJOE GORTNER

From child preacher to leading man to bit player, Marjoe Gortner has existed for too long in Hollywood's fringe history. Author John Harrison hopes to redress the imbalance with his latest book, WILDCAT! The Films of Marjoe Gortner (Click here

Friday
Jan102020

REVIEWS / THE FACELESS MAN

Independent Australian horror hasn't been as unhinged as The Faceless Man since the wild ol' days of 10BA (Click here).

Friday
Jan102020

INDUSTRY / AACTA INTERNATIONAL CEREMONY HONOURS AWARD-SEASON FRONT-RUNNERS

AACTA International Award's voters back Parasite, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Marriage Story among 2019 winners (Click here)

Sunday
Dec292019

REVIEWS / CATS

Wish we could join in the global cinematic neutering of Tom Hooper's Cats, but fact is we think it close to being the perfect (okay...purrfect) stage-to-screen-transition. (Click here)

Thursday
Dec262019

REVIEWS / ONLY CLOUD KNOWS (ZHI YOU YUN ZHI DAO)

Memory, grief and a very cinematic spin on true love utilises majestic New Zealand countryside in this Chinese weepie fro director Feng Xiaogang (Click here)

Friday
Dec132019

REVIEWS / SCALES (SAYIDAT AL BAHR)

A monochromatic take-down of patriarchal dominance, set to the beats of a mermaid-fantasy narrative; Scales is set to take the festival circuit by storm (Click here)

Friday
Dec132019

FEATURES / THE SCREEN-SPACE BEST (AND WORST) FILMS OF 2019

Thirty of the year's best, including our #1 pick, from the mainstream to the little-seen. Plus a handful of the year's worst. Enjoy! (Click here)

Thursday
Dec052019

INDUSTRY / THE NIGHTINGALE SOARS AT AACTA 2019

Jennifer Kent's blistering tale of violent retribution in the Tasmanian wilderness set records at the 2019 AACTA Awards ceremony last night (Click here)