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Love Road is Ulysses Oliver’s directorial debut. It’s also one of five films that have screened at the Sydney Film Festival in 2022 and 2023 that hail from production company Breathless Films. In 2022…
Angus McDonald’s work as a filmmaker and an artist is steeped in activist storytelling. His 2019 short film Manus transported viewers to the cruelly neglected refugees isolated and trapped on Manus I…
Filmmaker David Easteal has talked about films ‘unique ability to capture passing time,’ and it’s with his three-hour docu-drama The Plains that the viewer is gifted the feeling of watching a city cha…
This review contains spoilers, discussion of transphobia and trauma. Early in the Black Swan Theatre Company’s presentation of Andrew Bovell’s family drama Things I Know to Be True, the youthful Rosi…
The Castlemaine Documentary Festival (C-Doc) is now in its ninth year, and with the 2023 festival, Festival Director Claire Jager embarks on her fourth year. The festival has long been about bringing…
Consider a message in a bottle. There's something romantic about a message in a bottle – written to communicate with a stranger in a far-off land, sealed with the hope of connection, and tossed i…
Petrol is currently screening around Australia with Q&A screenings. Visit petrolfilm.com for more information. Alena Lodkina’s second feature Petrol is a film that has been referred to by critics…
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A little under five years ago I opened a review of the first Book Club film stating that it’s not a perfect film, noting that it was one of the most enjoyable experiences I had that year. And, to my c…
Anthea Hodgson is a Perth based author who reminds readers of the importance of remembering the stories of the many nurses who supported soldiers and fought during World War II with her latest novel T…
On the 6th of October 2022, Perth Festival announced that its 18-year association with fossil fuel company Chevron was coming to an end after the 2023 season. Chevron stood as a long-term partner for…