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Tom Kerby on setting the foundation for Aussie filmmakers to embrace their own voices with the Adelaide Independent Film Festival

Tom Kerby on setting the foundation for Aussie filmmakers to embrace their own voices with the Adelaide Independent Film Festival

Andrew F Peirce Sep 24, 2026 2 min read
Interviews Podcasts Adelaide Independent Film Festival

There's something in the water in Adelaide that's forcing a major change within the Australian film industry. The Adelaide Film Festival exists and has continued their great financial support…

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Meet the film festival programmers who want you to submit your film shot on a Honda Odyssey rear view camera

Meet the film festival programmers who want you to submit your film shot on a Honda Odyssey rear view camera

Andrew F Peirce Sep 24, 2026 4 min read
Interviews Podcasts Shot On Shit Film Festival

So much of the discussion about cinema viewing this year has been about what cameras Christopher Nolan shot The Odyssey on. As someone who engages in film discussion as part of running this website, i…

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Fantastic Fest 2026: The Squirrel is a Weird, Wonderful Little Sci-Fi

Fantastic Fest 2026: The Squirrel is a Weird, Wonderful Little Sci-Fi

Codie Allen Sep 23, 2026 4 min read
Reviews fantastic fest The Squirrel

The Squirrel is one of those movies that completely won me over in ways I wasn’t expecting. Going in, all I really knew was that there was a squirrel, it wasn’t a horror movie, and I was probably goin…

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Fantastic Fest 2026: The Heretiks Is Witchy, Bloody, and a Whole Lot of Fun

Fantastic Fest 2026: The Heretiks Is Witchy, Bloody, and a Whole Lot of Fun

Codie Allen Sep 23, 2026 3 min read
Reviews fantastic fest The Heretiks

There’s something about a good Halloween movie that doesn’t necessarily need to reinvent the genre. Sometimes all I want is witches, creepy houses, kids running for their lives, a little blood, and en…

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Filmmaker David Ward: "Lenore is about the dangers of projection."

Filmmaker David Ward: "Lenore is about the dangers of projection."

Andrew F Peirce Sep 21, 2026 6 min read
Articles Lenore australian cinema

“When you are on the phone or on the air, you have no body” Marshall McLuhan I suspect that if he’d lived to see it, McLuhan might’ve expanded that sentiment to include ‘online’.  Online, we are tr…

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Heart of the Beast is a simple and touching ode to the animals that stand by us

Heart of the Beast is a simple and touching ode to the animals that stand by us

Kahn Duncan Sep 19, 2026 3 min read
Reviews survival War Thriller Brad Pitt Dog

With striking imagery, a functional-enough story, and an award worthy performance from Uber the dog, it might just be David Ayer’s most inoffensive and emotionally arresting film.…

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Madison Dell'Aquila on the foundation of Heretica  and how to force change in the Australian film & TV industry

Madison Dell'Aquila on the foundation of Heretica and how to force change in the Australian film & TV industry

Andrew F Peirce Sep 18, 2026 4 min read
Interviews Madison Dell'Aquila Podcasts Heretica

Madison Dell'Aquila is, as her website proudly states, "constantly looking forward to challenging what people say can't be done." That mindset is strongly applied with the new platfo…

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The poetics of chance guide Dry Leaf

The poetics of chance guide Dry Leaf

Nadine Whitney Sep 17, 2026 4 min read
Interviews Podcasts Reviews Dry Leaf experimental film Georgia

Koberidze creates a conversation with all of the shifting moments of reality that exist for the individual and then become irrevocably “something else” when they form symbolic vestiges.…

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The Heretica Interviews: Keisha Slocomb on bringing her voice to life through filmmaking

The Heretica Interviews: Keisha Slocomb on bringing her voice to life through filmmaking

Andrew F Peirce Sep 17, 2026 11 min read
Interviews Heretica Keisha Slocomb

Keisha Slocomb is an emerging filmmaker who is looking to leave a mark on the world by utilising grounded performances alongside compelling visual storytelling. As a writer-director, Keisha is already…

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The Noughts Report Part 4: 2004 - From After the Sunset to Wimbledon

The Noughts Report Part 4: 2004 - From After the Sunset to Wimbledon

BD Kooyman Sep 16, 2026 22 min read
Articles the noughts report

Welcome to the fourth instalment of the Noughts Report. Each entry revisits a year in film from the 2000s, highlighting movies big and small and the careers and genres and trends that ignited or flame…

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The Heretica Interviews: Téa Mancini on her journey into filmmaking through production design

The Heretica Interviews: Téa Mancini on her journey into filmmaking through production design

Andrew F Peirce Sep 16, 2026 15 min read
Interviews Téa Mancini Heretica

Téa Mancini (she/her) is a multi-hyphenate creative whose filmic body of work is growing in the realm of the art department and wardrobe, specialising in production design, while also building up a fi…

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The Heretica Interviews: Sabrina Tan on their filmic journey from Singapore to Naarm-Melbourne

The Heretica Interviews: Sabrina Tan on their filmic journey from Singapore to Naarm-Melbourne

Andrew F Peirce Sep 15, 2026 11 min read
Interviews Sabrina Tan Heretica

Sabrina Tan (Chinese: 陈姝颖) (she/her) is a Singaporean filmmaker based in Naarm-Melbourne. Sabrina is a multidisciplinary filmmaker who works in directing, production design, and graphic design. She is…

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