Jared Nicholson and Ben Lawrence on their documentary Aftermath
Jared himself had unwittingly become a primary subject of Aftermath with his eyes being cleared of the scales of mis/disinformation.…
Natalia Laska on her tender and gentle documentary The Piano Tuner
Natalia Laska's tender and gentle, yet deeply humorous and charming, documentary The Piano Tuner follows her partner, Martin Tucker as he traipses across Australia, from Hobart to Darwin, tuning p…
Whose right to write? Kuba Dorabialski on Agata the Writer
One of the key questions in Kuba Dorabialski's Agata the Writer is who gets to tell the stories of other people’s pain?…
The changes to the AACTA Awards they didn’t tell you about
Right. Ahead of reading this piece, you should know that I have not reached out to the AFI/AACTA[1] for a comment as each time I have, I have received no response. Heading into the 17th AACTA Awards…
From Body Melt to Wolf Creek: These Are Twenty of the Scariest Horror Movie Moments in Australian Cinema
This article was previously published in October 2022. It hasn't been updated to include such horrifying films as Talk to Me, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism, Bring Her Back or Penny Lane is Dead,…
Noughts Report Part 7: 2007 – From Across the Universe to Zodiac
Welcome to the seventh 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 flam…
The Social Reckoning is ploddingly obsolete
One of the most glaring errors of The Social Reckoning is the title itself. What reckoning? Mark Zuckerberg has managed to dodge any true repercussions for turning Facebook into a platform that encourages engagement with the far right and other harmful groups.…
Kriv Stenders on Resuscitating The Illustrated Family Doctor
The Illustrated Family Doctor almost ended Kriv Stenders' career before it got started. A surreal comedy about white-collar office life with subtle body-horror elements. Doctor was unusual in Aust…
I Watched Entourage as a Woman in 2026 — and Loved It
Revisiting HBO’s famously male and hyper-sexualised Hollywood fantasy made me question my own ambitions as a woman in the film industry – those within reach, and those that remain untouchable. When I…
Verity knows it’s not high art and revels in camp
The star-studded thriller about two authors caught in a precarious entanglement is funny in all the wrong ways. And you know what? That might not be a bad thing.…
Hell on Earth is here and now in The Glorious Dead
The Adams Family’s dark comedy horror take on contemporary America: The Glorious Dead is chilling, gruesome, and all too real. Toby Poser and John Adams talk about their personal film.…