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Sunday
Apr212019

WORLD CINEMA / SENEGAL

Film culture in Senegal was once the central force of African cinema, with films like On Black Girl (1966; pictured, left) taking the international festival circuit by storm. Today, it is about rebuilding a once great sector. (Click here)

Wednesday
Apr172019

BLOG / CAN SPIELBERG'S WEST SIDE STORY KIDS RUMBLE WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST ?

The Midas touch of master caster Steven Spielberg faces its greatest challenge - finding the fresh young faces to redefine some of cinema's most iconic roles - ahead of his remake of West Side Story (Click here

Friday
Apr122019

REVIEWS / LOCUSTS

2019 GOLD COAST FILM FESTIVAL: After two films that profiled flawed men with humour and empathy, director Heath Davis goes the seedy genre route with the thriller, Locusts (Click here

Monday
Apr082019

REVIEWS / MAYBE TOMORROW

2019 GOLD COAST FILM FESTIVAL: The latest from Melbourne indie darlings Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones moves beyond their hip inner-city oeuvre and into the more challenging world of new parenthood and adult responsibility (Click here)

Friday
Apr052019

HORROR / ROTTENTAIL: THE BRIAN SKIBA INTERVIEW

Brian Skiba's bawdy, bloody adapatation of the underground graphic novel classic is certain to turn everyone off chocolate...and everything else...this Easter. "It's okay to laugh, I promise," the director told SCREEN-SPACE (Click here)

Friday
Apr052019

INDUSTRY / FCCA 2018 WINNERS SPAN A CENTURY OF AUSTRALIAN STORIES

Sweet Country, Ladies in Black and Breath emerged triumphant last night at the Film Critics Circle of Australia annual awards evening (Click here).

Saturday
Mar162019

REVIEWS / DESTINATION WEDDING

Gen-X darlings Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder crack wise and defy the romantic odds in Victor Levin's fiesty, funny rom-com, Destination Wedding (Click here)

Thursday
Mar142019

MEDIA / TRAILER PARK: FIVE OF THE BEST FROM SXSW

To play with the cool kids at the SXSW Film Festival you gotta bring your trailer A-game. Here are five (including Olivia Wilde's directing debut, Booksmart; pictured, left) from this years event that got audiences and industry buzzing (Click here).

Thursday
Mar072019

HORROR / MONSTER FEST, EVENT CINEMAS AGREE TO SHARE MORE SHOCKS IN 2019

Monster Fest's crusade to bring cutting-edge horror to a wider audience will get the Event Cinemas bump in late 2019 (Click here)

Wednesday
Mar062019

REVIEWS / CAPTAIN MARVEL

The MCU's first female lead character creates a new world from which to explore the increasingly tiresome comic-book superhero narrative (Click here)

Saturday
Mar022019

FEATURES / PREVIEW: GOLD COAST FILM FESTIVAL 2019

GOLD COAST FILM FESTIVAL 2019: A twelve day program of cinema from every corner of the globe confirms that the 17th annual Gold Coast Film Festival should now be spoken of as one of our nation's premier film events (Click here)

Saturday
Mar022019

FEATURES / 5 REASONS WHY A STAR IS BORN WILL WIN BEST PICTURE

Although pundits are now ranking it an outside chance at best, here are five reasons why we think/hope AMPAS voters should cast their ballot for A Star is Born (Click here)

Sunday
Feb242019

BLOG / SHERLOCK HOLMES, DONALD TRUMP DOMINATE 2019 RAZZIES 

Two fictional constructions of clearly disturbed minds led the pack of shitty film nominees at the 2019 Golden Raspberry Awards (Click here

Sunday
Feb242019

INDUSTRY / THE GENTLEMAN G.M. GUIDING CINEMA GIANT'S NEW WAVE OF OLD FILMS

As the mind behind the Event Cinema chain's retrospecive sessions, Anthony Kierann feels a great sense of responsibility, both to the legacy of the century-old exhibition leader and the film buffs who count on his taste in movies (Click here

Thursday
Feb212019

FEATURES / FORM, BEAUTY, AMBITION CELEBRATED IN MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK FILM FESTIVAL

One of Australia's leading film festival directors turns to the world of design to program a new festival that celebrates the visionaries who work on a grand scale (Click here)