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Larissa Behrendt’s searing, essential documentary You Can Go Now introduces viewers to the world of Kamilaroi, Kooma, Jiman, and Gurang Gurang artist and activist Richard Bell. For many Australian vie…
When you mention the word ‘Australia’ to anyone who lives outside this sunburnt country, there’s a fairly good chance you’re going to get a response about how everything there wants to kill you. Wheth…
For many, the first time that we engage with historical figures is through the medium of film and television. The truth of a monumental figure is skewed, adjusted, morphed, critiqued, or adored via th…
Widower Dora raises her daughter Abby in the remote fictional beachside town of Longboat Bay, teaching her to respect the ocean with responsible and sustainable fishing while also educating her about…
Before the pandemic hit, environmental campaigner and champion of Zero Waste Living, Joost Bakker, came up with the idea of a self-sustaining home that would give the occupants a circular system of wa…
Black Swan State Theatre Company’s presentation of Ella Hickson’s impressive, yet exhausting, play Oil summarises its intention neatly in its first act. It’s 1886 in Cornwall and a growing family are…
There’s a distinct pleasure that washes over you as you experience a piece of filmmaking that pushes against the boundaries of the form of storytelling it is working within. Juanita Nielsen NOW is one…
A Night of Horror International Film Festival kicks off with some truly brilliant horror films from around the globe from October 17th and runs til October 23rd at Dendy Cinemas Newtown. For Aussie in…
You might know director Martin Wilson for his debut thriller Great White, but with his latest film Pieces he’s keen to show that he’s not just ‘the guy to make the shark film’. For his sophomore film,…
Not since the slap-in-the-face arrival of Justin Kurzel with Snowtown has there been an Australian filmmaker who has presented violence on film so viscerally like Thomas M. Wright. I say this knowing…
The documentary How to Thrive follows positive psychotherapist Marie McLeod as she supports seven people on a journey to find happiness. At first, the notion of positive psychotherapy suggests trying…