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Saturday
May192018

REVIEWS / SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

The Star Wars universe expands a little bit further with a glimpse at the events that helped form that roguish space scoundrel, Han Solo, in director Ron Howard's blockbuster (Click here)
WARNING: SPOILER ALERT

Tuesday
May152018

MEDIA / FESTIVAL DE CANNES: TRAILER COMPILE

FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2018: First-look images from new films by Spike Lee, Gaspar Noe, Pawel Pawlikoski and Jaime Rosales are amongst the exciting trailers that have emerged from Cannes 2018 (Click here)

Monday
May142018

HORROR / SYDNEY AUDS BRACING FOR FEARFUL FREAK ME OUT SELECTION

SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2018: Programmer Richard Kuiper's annual array of disturbing, demanding genre pics (including, left, Good Manners) proves particularly daunting challenge for SFF audiences in 2018 (Click here)

Saturday
May122018

REVIEW / BRAVEN

Before he fronts the DC Comics blockbuster Aquaman, Jason Momoa plays an everyman hero facing off against angry drug dealer Garrett Dillahunt in the Canadian wilderness (Click here)

Thursday
May102018

FEATURES / RABBIT: THE LUKE SHANAHAN INTERVIEW

The mysterious bond shared by twin siblings is explored in the challenging Australian thriller, Rabbit, the directing debut of Luke Shanahan (Click here)

Monday
May072018

BLOG / 10 MUST-SEE MOVIES FROM THE 2018 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM

The cream floated to the surface at this morning's media launch of the 65th Sydney Film Festival program. We pick ten pics (amongst them, Olivia Wilde in A Vigilante, left) that jumped out as must-see moments from the 12-day event (Click here)

Sunday
May062018

WORLD CINEMA / SPAIN

A century of cinema has served the people of Spain admirably, elegantly capturing the beauty, spirit and passion of the land and its population (Click here

Saturday
May052018

REVIEWS / IDEAL HOME

Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan perfectly embody the heart and humour found in the latest from one of Hollywood's most underappreciated auteurs (Click here).

Saturday
May052018

FEATURES / HEALTHY PLANET DOCS TO SCREEN AMONGST SERENE OZ SCENERY

A family of four living sustainably in Australian's north-east hinterland are screening films in the hope others will follow their lead (Click here)

Wednesday
Apr252018

REVIEWS / AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

The Marvel CinematicUniverse finally gives fans what they want - the ultimate mash-up of all heroes in the MCU. Or do they? (Click here)

Friday
Apr202018

INDUSTRY / CAMERAS ROLL ON JUDY AND PUNCH SHOOT

One-time soapie starlet Mirrah Foulkes graduates to feature film director with her self-penned Judy and Punch, now in production in Victoria with Mia Wasikowska and Damon Herriman (Click here)

Thursday
Apr192018

REVIEWS / TRAUMA

XV CINETERROR: The Closing Night 'challenge' at the XV CineTerror Film Festival is Lucio A Rojas' Trauma, a blistering and bloody Chilean socio-political allegory from the school of 'extreme horror' (Click here)

WARNING: SOME CONTENT MAY OFFEND. 

Saturday
Apr142018

HORROR / PREVIEW: XV CINETERROR FILM FESTIVAL

XV CINETERROR Festival Internacional de Cine de Terror de Valdivia: A small film festival in small Chilean township is making a big impact with its adherence to hard-core horror visions from across the globe (Click here)

Friday
Apr132018

BLOG / CANNES 2018 LINE-UP ADDRESSES SHIFTS IN FILM FESTIVAL LANDSCAPE

CANNES 2018: The official announcement of the 71st Cannes Film Festival program reveals a festival director determined to keep the French coastal town the capital of global cinema (Click here)

Thursday
Apr122018

REVIEWS / TRUTH OR DARE

A new franchise-friendly horror film concept needed a little more meat on the bone if it was serious about a second instalment (Click here)