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Saturday
Jul142012

REVIEW / THE THREE STOOGES

The Penn/del Toro/Carrey project is gone, but the spirit of Larry, Moe and Curly lives on in The Farrelly Brother's respectfully hilarious reboot. (Click pic)

Friday
Jul132012

HORROR / THE COLLECTOR: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW

With the soon-to-be-released sequel earning buzz at Comic Con, we look back to the neglected horror work The Collector, in the first of our Retrospective Reviews. (Click pic)

Friday
Jul062012

FEATURES / CHOU'S SLUMBER AWAKENS AUDIENCES TO CAMBODIAN CLASSICS

An interview with Golden Slumbers director Davy Chou, recalling the all-but-decimated heritage of the cinema of his homeland, Cambodia. (Click pic)

Thursday
Jul052012

FEATURES / AVANT-GARDE MASTER TO BE HONOURED AT REVELATIONS

The late British filmmaker Jeff Keen, who passed away at 88 on June 21, will have his work honoured next week at Perth's Revelation Film Festival. (Click pic)

Thursday
Jul052012

REVIEWS / THE IMPOSTER

Cruel immorality is defined many times over in Bart Layton's stunning docudrama about the abuse of a young boy's memory. (Click pic)

Wednesday
Jul042012

REVIEWS / THOSE WHO KILL: SHADOWS OF THE PAST

A Danish serial killer thriller slyly spins conventions and expectations to its advantage. (Click pic)

Wednesday
Jul042012

REVIEWS / BUFF

A nerd-tastic gathering of Australia's most learned film buffs gaggle on about the highpoints of a life spent in the dark. (Click pic)

Tuesday
Jul032012

INDUSTRY / AUSSIES AT INDIE FEST 2012

A SoCal short-film event embraces four emerging talents from our distant shores. (Click pic)

Monday
Jul022012

REVIEWS / WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES

A winning doco on the role of the mythical embodiment of the superheroine in pop culture ushers in our coverage of Revelations 2012. (Click pic)

Saturday
Jun302012

BLOG / COMIC CON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

San Diego's annual nerd-mecca hosts an enigmatic film festival programmed by fans for fans (Click pic)

 

Friday
Jun292012

REVIEWS / SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN

A dark fantasy epic swimming in sinister betrayals and grand action plays more like Jackson's Hobbit chronicles than Walt's cheery dwarf cartoon. (Click pic)

Tuesday
Jun262012

REVIEWS / DESPITE THE GODS

Australian director Penny Jovniak's fly-on-the-wall account of an eccentric Hollywood visionary, the behemouth that is Bollywood and a sexy snake goddess called Nagin. (Click pic)

Tuesday
Jun262012

FEATURES / STANTON DELIVERS AUSTRALIA'S BEST BAD ACTOR TO BUSHLAND FEST.

Director Stuart Stanton reflects upon creating our nation's latest underdog hero, clueless actor 'Charlie Bonnet', on the eve of his film's premiere at the Dungog Film Festival. (Click pic)

Monday
Jun252012

REVIEWS / SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

Time-travel tropes served with a warm heart kick-starts Safety Not Guaranteed's breakout hit momentum. (Click pic)

Saturday
Jun232012

BLOG / ANDREW SARRIS OBITUARY

Advocating the auteur theory at the start of the French New Wave ensured the late critic Andrew Sarris a place in cinematic history. (Click pic)